ISSUES | fall 2013
36.3 (Fall 2013): "Transcendence"
Featuring work by Alan Rossi, Alex Taylor, Alexander Landfair, Claudia Emerson, James Davis May, Jane Gillette, Joe Miller, Nick Arvin and Rose McLarney, as well as an interview with Dorothea Lasky and a look into the work of husband-and-wife photographic team Olga and Adorján Wlassics.
CONTENT FROM THIS ISSUE
Interviews
Oct 08 2013
A Conversation with Dorothea Lasky
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Dorothea Lasky has emerged over the last few years as one of the most important poets of her generation. Her bold, unmistakable voice, both on… read more
Art
Oct 08 2013
Darkroom Alchemy: The Photographic Art of Studio Manassé
In 1934, an entire edition of Muskete, a humorous magazine known for its caricature and pictorial jokes, was confiscated by Austrian censors because the Wlassics, a husband-and-wife team of photographers who… read more
Fiction
Oct 08 2013
Visiting
Jesus commands us to visit the sick and pray for them when they die. Judith seems to remember hearing this from someone, a voice from the past, maybe even someone… read more
Fiction
Oct 08 2013
The Blood Old and Strong
When they lost the first calf it was April, and Waldreve knew even then what it would all come to and that it wasn’t just any coyote they were after… read more
Nonfiction
Oct 08 2013
Facebook of the Dead
Speaking to us from Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud tells us that death isn’t just the end of life but a force that gives life its shape and texture. Regarding… read more
Poetry
Oct 08 2013
Poetry Feature: Rose McLarney
“How History Would Have It”
“Redemption”
“Arcadia”
“Watershed”
Poetry
Oct 08 2013
Poetry Feature: James Davis May
“A Lasting Sickness”
“Portrait of the Self as Skunk Cabbage”
“Someone Takes a Pine Tree Apart”
“Critique and Rebuttal”
“Smerdyakov with a Guitar”
Fiction
Oct 08 2013
City of Mary
Simon started to tell Anny about the suitcase, but then they were stopped in the street by the Holy Mother carried on the shoulders of twenty men. Every old church… read more
Foreword
Oct 08 2013
Transcendence
The notion of transcendence is by definition paradoxical. The Latin transcendo means to climb above or pass over, which begs the obvious question: rise above or get beyond what? However… read more
Fiction
Oct 08 2013
Unmoving like a Mighty River Stilled
Blake’s SUV wound along the highway, and in the distance the Sierra rose gray and snow-specked against the horizon. Blake was driving, rarely watching the road, and talking about the… read more
Nonfiction
Oct 08 2013
The Black Saint and the Bestselling Writer
When I first saw the “ABSTINENCE = FREEDOM” sticker on Jackie Story’s van, I wrote it down in my notebook, but I didn’t ask her about it. I wrote down… read more
Poetry
Oct 08 2013
Poetry Feature: Claudia Emerson
“Infusion Suite”
Reviews
Oct 08 2013
Dissing Academia: From Casuistry to Common Sense
Dissing Academia: From Casuistry to Common Sense By Kristine Somerville Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats In the Basement of… read more