Issue Fifty-Four

December 2016

From the Editor

I came across this photo a few days after the presidential election night and knew it had to be our cover. In the days following what was one of the worst nights I’ve lived through in recent memory, I, like millions of other Americans (and friends abroad), felt betrayed, hopeless, angry, sad, horrified, anxious, fearful.… Continue reading Issue Fifty-Four

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The Way of Things Now Linda Niehoff(Read author interview)
Ruby Veronica Montes(Read author interview)
Field Protective Mask Christopher Notarnicola(Read author interview)
The Body’s Amen Brigitte N. McCray(Read author interview)
Independence Day Marysa LaRowe(Read author interview)
Silver Jeff Landon(Read author interview)
The Drone Glenn Shaheen(Read author interview)
A Place You Know Chloe N. Clark(Read author interview)
Dear Fiction Editor: Kyle Brown(Read author interview)
Induction Victoria Cho(Read author interview)
Day, Evening, Home, Office Shasta Grant(Read author interview)
That Sun, Struggling Down Anna Cabe(Read author interview)
Quiet Hours Mike Minchin(Read author interview)
Moms at the Pool Melissa Benton Barker(Read author interview)
Softening Ruth Joffre(Read author interview)
Trivia Matthew Fiander(Read author interview)
Accident Timba Bema(Read author interview)
The Father’s Story Matt Barrett(Read author interview)
And the Floor Stopped Yelling Christopher James(Read author interview)
The Enchantment Emily B. Cataneo(Read author interview)
Five Men in a Drought Brad Aaron Modlin(Read author interview)

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