ISSUES | summer 2016
39.2 (Summer 2016): "Family Practice"
Featuring work by Matthew Baker, Peter Cooley, Susan Engberg, Charles Harmon, Dionne Irving, Dan Musgrave, Cynthia Robinson, Jack Smith, Corey Van Landingham, William Woolfitt and a feature on Mahalia Jackson.
CONTENT FROM THIS ISSUE
Fiction
Aug 02 2016
Fiction: Maison des Oiseaux
Traveling would forge bonds anew, the marriage counselor had said. The timing was perfect: the university where Peter taught was on winter break, and January was a dead month in… read more
Poetry
Aug 02 2016
Poetry Feature: William Woolfitt
“Field Holler”
“Work Song”
“Bob Wills: A Childhood Album”
“Levee Camp Moan Blues”
“Swing Low”
“Holy Roller”
Poetry
Aug 02 2016
Poetry Feature: Corey Van Landingham
“Taking Down the Bridge”
“Against Giotto”
“The Temporary Ones”
Fiction
Aug 02 2016
Fiction: Breath of Trees
Today, if I didn’t have to stay so alert for the children, I’d like to do absolutely nothing but dream into this whole back-of-the-houses space where yard touches yard touches… read more
Fiction
Aug 02 2016
Fiction: Somewhere Else
Midmorning, too early for a beer, but Matt still nodded, because there it was, Tom’s right hand was broken, Kelly’s information had been accurate. Tom’s own house added further testimony… read more
Nonfiction
Aug 02 2016
Essay: Treading Water
As long as I have been able to afford it in my adult life, I have found, whenever possible, a swimming pool. I learned to swim in Canada of all… read more
Nonfiction
Aug 02 2016
Essay: Worry
I started at the ape house during my first semester of academic probation. The director never asked to see my resume, and I suspected they let me in simply because… read more
Foreword
Aug 02 2016
Foreword: Family Practice
One doesn’t have to look far to find literature about the stuff of family—its importance and often its discord in our lives. The oldest writings dramatize the significance yet precariousness… read more
Fiction
Jul 28 2016
Fiction: The Golden Mean
Tryg spent the week, like every week, in the suburbs, lounging in the hammock with his mother, bouncing on the trampoline with his stepfather, choreographing plays with his sisters, sneaking… read more