In this issue: a stained glass window, the confluence of the celestial layer, three siblings’ escapade to a wealthy Mexican resort while being trailed by menacing rats, white poinsettias go on sale, a track record of the Velvet Underground in the search for sobriety, two types of twilight, Knuffle Bunny Free, the angelus novus, and more.

NONFICTION

Sarah Adler | Emmy’s Chorus
Christian Bodney | Track Record
Georgie Fehringer | Angelus Novus
Brian Goedde | The Pain of Knuffle Bunny Free
Lucy McBee | Light


FICTION

an chang joon | Separation Anxiety
Sakena Abedin | Zainab
Carrie Grinstead | Dark Place
Luc Le | American Boy
Angie Sijun Lou | Blood Drive
Valentina Rivera-Lies | Ratones


POETRY

Katy Chrisler | We Regret the Error | In the Past Perfect | Blind Spot
John Glowney | Into the Breach
David Greenspan | What I Place in Today’s Blender
Jerry Harp | On the Forty-Fifth Anniversary of My Father’s Death
Mitchell Jacobs | Apse with Stained Glass Triptych of the Crucifixion | EXOSPHEREHPSOXE
Philip Kobylarz | Never the More
Margaret LeMay | A matter of words | Standing with my arms against the windows
Sandra Meek | Nullius Infinitum, v. | Winding Sheet, v.
Petro Moysaenko | Away or Away Away
Rachel Rix | The Days Are Like Egrets | Fionna’s Flute: Remembering Our Wedding
Kira Tucker | Scatter Ring | Retreat | Be Unbroken
Elizabeth Willis | Close Encounters (1977) | Look Again

Artwork: Red Danielson, “Elizabeth Willis.” Painter and subject reflect on the creative process starting on page 166.

Red Danielson | Creativity and Formless Desire
Elizabeth Willis | Reading Red