Volume 98 Number 4

Winter 2024

This issue includes work by: Marilyn Hacker, Deema K. Shehabi, Chase Twichell, Orlando Ricardo Menes, Felicia Zamora, Cyril Dabydeen, Nadeem Zaman, Mary Morris, Marcia Lynx Qualey, Sabina Urraca, J.P. White, Matthew Gellman, Karan Kapoor, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Brian Francis, Andrea L. Hackbarth, Jay Kophy, Nicholas Samaras, Enzo Silon Surin, Robert Thomas, Catherine DeNardo, Emily Black, Danielle Weeks, Tom Laichas, Alonso Llerena, Matthew Lippman, Christine Marshall, Wes Matthews, Genevieve Payne, Rachel Ephraim, Esi W. Nkyekyer, Abbie Kiefer, Avia Tadmor, Chris Watkins, Adam J. Gellings, Mariah Rigg, Brittany Perham, and Gracie Newman.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fiction

Special Registration
Nadeem Zaman

Echoes of a Dead Language
Marcia Lynx Qualey

Girl Prodigies
Sabina Urraca (translated by Allana Lieberman)

Boyish
Emily Black

With Relative Ease
Rachel Ephraim

Counterclockwise
Esi W. Nkyekyer

Kontan, Always
Gracie Newman

Essays

Three Views of Naples
Catherine DeNardo

Lock & Key
Brittany Perham

Poetry

Water to Water: A Renga for Gaza
Marilyn Hacker and Deema K. Shehabi

I Can’t Make Sense of It | Poetryland
Chase Twichell

Pescado | Metamorphosis
Orlando Ricardo Menes

A Place to Write the Sky | Archive Notes #1 :: Codex Yoalli Ehēcatl, Vatican Apostolic Library, September 2022
Felicia Zamora

Elements
Cyril Dabydeen

Early Onset | Ghost Walk
Mary Morris

The Authority of Dandelions
J.P. White

Connor
Matthew Gellman

Pilgrimage
Karan Kapoor

Mama
Keisha-­Gaye Anderson

Self-­ Portrait as the Greatest Power Forward of All Time
Brian Francis

What to Bring to a Death | After his father’s death
Andrea L. Hackbarth

Nkran | Human Capital | Terminal
Jay Kophy

The Bluest Boat in the Universe | A New ­Country Is Still a Beautiful Prison
Nicholas Samaras

When It Becomes Impossible to Sleep
Enzo Silon Surin

Sonnet with Skateboards and Tide Pools
Robert Thomas

These Are the Generations
Danielle Weeks

Reading Lines from Sakutarō Hagiwara
Tom Laichas

Letter from a Poet in the Red House
Alonso Llerena

The Thing about the Body Is That It Is Outer Space
Matthew Lippman

Fourth of July
Christine Marshall

John Coltrane Plays “Giant Steps” with No One Else in the Room | Candy Rain
Wes Matthews

East of Michigan
Genevieve Payne

At 42, I Am Still Dreaming
Abbie Kiefer

The Irony of Play
Joanne Clarkson

Elegy with a Line from Wallace Stevens | Ghazal from an Ocean Away
Avia Tadmor

The Wild Geese
Chris Watkins

I Never Spell Loneliness Right the First Try
Adam J. Gellings

Belly Up | Counting Chickens
Mariah Rigg