ISSUES | spring 2019
42.1 (Spring 2019): “Collisions”
Inside: The Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize Winners and a conversation with Nathaniel Philbrick.
Featuring the work of: Anthony Aycock, Jedediah Cannon, Robert Cochran, Daphne Kalotay, Zachary Lunn, Andrew Mulvania, Vanessa Stauffer, and Lisa Taddeo.
CONTENT FROM THIS ISSUE
Foreword
Apr 23 2019
Foreword: Collisions
It could be argued that in earlier centuries the sciences evolved no more quickly than other areas of thought. Until the Enlightenment was well under way, there were significant gains… read more
Editors' Prize Winner
Apr 23 2019
Salt Land
Many things lay buried beneath the fields of the Gillie farm: splintered seed dibblers tangled in sorrel root, Ute arrowheads, their edges chipped by plows, snapped cattle bones, and the… read more
Editors' Prize Winner
Apr 23 2019
Jamilla
My assistant, Boris, came flapping through my front door like an injured raven, one arm clasped to his side, the other flailing widely. He was dressed all in black, head… read more
Nonfiction
Apr 23 2019
Spinoza’s Landlady
For so gentle and cautious a man, he provoked strong responses from the beginning. At twenty-three he was kicked out of Amsterdam’s Jewish community with impressive ceremony. An incensed Most… read more
Fiction
Apr 23 2019
Providence
In the mornings she liked to go jogging. That was the word for it, a leisurely loping across the tracks and up the hill to Highland. She couldn’t quite call… read more
Poetry
Apr 23 2019
Poetry: Zachary Lunn
Featuring the poems: “In the Lead Humvee on MSR Tampa” “Night Ambush” “Redeployment Counseling” “Hurry Up and Wait” “Stolen Valor” “First Kill” “When I Was Ten I Was My Father”
Fiction
Apr 23 2019
Singapore
BRB was driving to New Morning Market with her daughter when she heard a rustle from the trunk. The child, almost three and stunning in a way that made BRB… read more
Fiction
Apr 23 2019
Gateway to the Arctic
I signed up for this surgery, believe it or not, just nine days after Susie and I returned to Santa Fe from Mike’s trial. Mike, our oldest. Michael Jr. Twelve… read more
Poetry
Apr 23 2019
Poetry: Vanessa Stauffer
Featuring the poems: “Queen Anne’s Lace” “Conte de Fées” “Scheria” “Amor Veneris” “Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre”
Editor's Prize Winner
Apr 23 2019
Poetry: Diane Seuss
Featuring the poems: [My first crush was Wild Bill. . . .] [His body was barely cold. . . .] [I can’t see her clearly. . . .] [I can’t… read more