"Earthbind" by Laura Post
“He asks me casually if I ever want to get married, and I
think about how I can’t even stand guided tours…”
Art by Julia Powell
"Wild Animals" by David Braga
“The last time I saw Allison Moore, there was a cougar loose in our town…”
Art by Kamilla Talbot
"The Ice on the River" by Brookes Moody
“I’m always just
saying new things about waves…”
Art by Sean Ware
"Love in Marble" by Jenne Knight
“Ten years ago, my mother and I flew to Italy on an open-jaw, two-week tour, where we snaked through the country from Milan to Rome…”
Art by Grant Drumheller
"Loading Zone" by Tara Deal
“There can be only one New York
morning when you discover
the gingko trees…”
Art by Patricia Leonard
"All Them Saints" by Kim Bussing
“As a dressmaker’s daughter, she should have known the risk of a bad seam…”
Art by Pearse Anderson
“I Stare at Passing Clouds (After Tu Fu)” by George Freek
“I stare at passing clouds,
above the quiet street…”
Art by Brian Michael Barbeito
The Writer's Hot Seat: Mira Ptacin
our Nonfiction Editor Susan Geib interviews Mira Ptacin