August 2018
FICTION
Diorama 1871 (acreage on fire)
Diorama 1871 (prelude)
Diorama 1871 (snowy cabin, plate of meat)
Catie Rosemurgy
The Boy in the Animal Enclosure
Nicholas Bredie
10 Dad Stories
Steven Markow
Molly's Boyfriend
Travis Price
A Red Winter Shadow
Caitlin Vance
Anchorage
Justin Brouckaert
POETRY
Introduction from Guest Poetry Editor Safia Elhillo
soap
Bondage
3 Landays
Fatimah Asghar
A Brief History of the Suburbs
Giving Dap
"I Ain't Mean to Scare You, Lil' Nigga"
Cortney Lamar Charleston
The Gun
Kaveh Akbar
What Do You Day Dream When You're at Work or When You're in a Crowd
Camonghne Felix
How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This
It Occurs to Me I Am Loved Most for the Things I Refuse
Hanif Abdurraqib
NONFICTION
The Tree. The Ash. The Ocean.
Maya Sonenberg
BOOK REVIEWS
Lemur by Andra Rotaru
reviewed by Olivia Cronk
Rail by Kai Carlson-Wee
reviewed by David Nilsen
Thin Rising Vapors by Seth Rogoff
reviewed by Jacob M. Appel
Locked Gray/Linked Blue by Kem Joy Ukwu
reviewed by Stewart Lindh
I Am Not Famous Anymore by Erin Dorney
reviewed by Jessica Hudgins
The Color She Gave Gravity by Stephanie Heit
reviewed by Ally Day