Issue Fifty-Three

September 2016

From the Editor

First off, just a reminder that we’ve extended the deadline for the 2017 Kathy Fish Fellowship applications. You can submit through September 30, 2016, so if you’re eligible I encourage you to send us your work. Check out the requirements and award terms here. We are excited to read your submission! Issue 53 marks the… Continue reading Issue Fifty-Three

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The Dead Are Not Hungry Justin Lawrence Daugherty(Read author interview)
A Lesson to You Girls Shasta Grant(Read author interview)
One Degree of Safety Andrew Gretes(Read author interview)
Aufgaben: ein Triptychon Rupprecht Mayer(Read author interview)
Little Plum Ari Braverman(Read author interview)
Nightstands Cole Meyer(Read author interview)
The Sound and the Song Letitia Trent(Read author interview)
Capitalist Brunch Stevie Edwards(Read author interview)
Guardianship Zach VandeZande(Read author interview)
The Nest Anika Streitfeld(Read author interview)
Gun Ethan Feuer(Read author interview)
Egg Baby Katie Burgess(Read author interview)
Safety Michele Finn Johnson(Read author interview)
The Farmers’ Market Hannah Harlow(Read author interview)
The Believer Curtis Smith(Read author interview)
At Sea Ashley Hutson(Read author interview)
My Husband Is Made of Ash Jennifer Todhunter(Read author interview)
Metalhead’s Guitar Lessons W. Todd Kaneko(Read author interview)
Yellow Submarine Matthew Peipert(Read author interview)
House of Mirrors Paul Crenshaw(Read author interview)
My X Molly Giles(Read author interview)

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