Issue Forty-Five

September 2014

From the Editor

So here you are, watching your favorite show on PBS and suddenly they interrupt it. An earnest-looking person, standing in front of several rows of folks answering phones, proceeds to tell you why you should donate money to the station to keep your favorite programming alive. I’m that earnest person, standing between you and the… Continue reading Issue Forty-Five

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The Bird Inside You Jacob Aiello(Read author interview)
Susquehanna Blessing C.A. Cole(Read author interview)
The Sleeping of the Stones or Mae and Her White Teeth Cameron Brindise(Read author interview)
How Many Lives Cedrix E. Clarke(Read author interview)
There’s Something Christopher McCann(Read author interview)
For Cubby Chris Wells(Read author interview)
Dispatches from the Interior David Scrivner(Read author interview)
The Part You Throw Away Erin Lyndal Martin(Read author interview)
The Bundles E.S. Bumas(Read author interview)
Tanglewood Gania Barlow(Read author interview)
The Age of Discovery Jason Peck(Read author interview)
The Horrors Joseph Lucido(Read author interview)
A Girl Walks Into a Page Laura Maylene Walter(Read author interview)
A Question of Balance Margot Taylor(Read author interview)
Photographs Mark Derks(Read author interview)
Underbutton Melissa Yancy(Read author interview)
Here, Hereafter Michael Patrick Brady(Read author interview)
Any Other Name Nick Sansone(Read author interview)
How to Float Roblin Meeks(Read author interview)
First Story Simon Han(Read author interview)

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