Vol. 84 nos. 2 & 3
Winter/Spring 2018
EDITOR’S NOTE
Trust, Robert Stewart
FICTION
Pasture, Stubble, Shoulder of the Highway, Kathryn Schwille
By the Dawn’s Early Light, Gary Gildner
Thomas, winner, the New Letters fiction award, Robert Oldshue
ESSAY
Journey’s We’re On, Gary Gildner
In the Absence of Obligation, winner, the New Letters essay award, E.D. Galbraith
Wind Dancers, a New Letters reprisal, Conger Beasley Jr.
POETRY
Come Moths, Fleda Brown
L’Isola, Brian Swann
Two Poems, Daniel Lusk
On days I don’t think I’ll die of grief, Carrie Shipers
Good Dead Person, Michael Waters
Now we are all sons of bitches, Bonnie Naradzay
Tide, H.C. Palmer
The Resurrectionist’s Diary, winner, the New Letters poetry award, Myrna Stone
Switching on the Light, Richard Lloyd
The Cops, Shane Seely
After Vandalism, Sealth’s Grave, Gary Thompson
Rat Language, Roald Hoffmann
Moon, William Trowbridge
INTERVIEW
Introduction to Michelle Boisseau, Staff
A Bigger Hall to Sing in, conducted by Angela Elam, Michelle Boisseau
Introduction to H.C. Palmer, Staff
A Place to Stand, conducted by James E. Cherry, H.C. Palmer
REVIEWS & COMMENTARIES
“An Insufficient Literary History of Greg Field,” on his poetry, Robert Stewart
“Where Does the Truth Lie?” on the stories of Jacob M. Appel, R.M. Kinder
“Jackalope Walks into a Bar,” on the mythopoesis of Denise Low, Carolyne Wright
ARTWORK
Archival Pigment Prints by Gloria Baker Feinstein