In the Current Issue
“You also see the town constable, a banana cupcake, a large acorn, and an herbal remedy donation bin.”
“We shall see the deer as part of the trunks of the forest. // We shall see its antlers imitating the branches of the trees.”
“Here are stories we fought over, stories we couldn’t shake, stories that have a way of taking things we’re supposed to love—innocence, books, solidarity—and toying with them disconcertingly.”
“Their standard pattern of operation involved making a sum of money, losing it, and then starting over.”
New books by Tim Altenhof, Louise Erdrich, Andrew Martin, Daniel Okrent, Rosemary Tonks, and Antoine Volodine.
”Here is the rock behind which she rose / from the unpleasance of sea-foam.”
“in a world / the orange sun / resets / a recessed darkness”
This portfolio renders a selection of the vinyl records Smith plays to begin each session of the undergraduate studio course she teaches at UCLA.