Current Issue
Sorrah Edwards-Thro, Rick Campbell, Ann Shaffer, Joel Peckham, Jr., Kristina Erny, Jenny Keith, Douglas Nordfors, Kristen Keckler, Elizabeth Carothers Herron, Harold Oberman, Josef Krebs, Sarah Dickenson Synder, Gregg Williard, Autumn Konovalski, Clay Matthews, Reiser Perkins, John Linstrom, Christopher Dungy, Jessica Murray, Kobina Wright, Hilary Sideris, Helena Lipstad, Eva-Maria Sher, Lara Egger, Cathy Allman, Colette Dedonato, Kelsie Renehan, Robert Marshall, Annie Christain, S. B. Merrow,
Jane Sherwin, Alina Stefanescu, Roy Bentley, Matt Schumacher, Dallas Crow, Ashley Cowger
Cover art by Lauren Silex
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Literary Manifesto
If I think a poem or collection of poems is good and I want to be certain, I measure myself in the doorway. If I was 71 inches before, I am at least 71.001 after my encounter. Or, I’m wider. On the scale, it depends. Is it calibrated to record the gain or loss of a...
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