ISSUES | summer 2021
44.2 (Summer 2021): “Moving On”
Inside: First fiction by Danica Li. Alex Ramirez on boxing, defeat, and Diego Corrales. Poetry by Bruce Campbell, Tiana Clark, V. Penelope Pelizzon, and Nancy Reddy. Stories by Samantha Xiao Cody, Shakarean Hutchinson, Daphne Kalotay, and Becky Mandelbaum. Plus Dave Zoby’s “Oil Town Overture,” features on costume collaborations between Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock, Magritte, and Lisa Katz looks at intersectionality and identity in four recent women’s memoirs.
CONTENT FROM THIS ISSUE
Foreword
Aug 20 2021
Foreword: Moving On
Moving On When excited about a piece of writing, I often sense a largeness to it that exceeds what I first fully understand. As an editor, I’ve had that experience… read more
Poetry
Aug 19 2021
4 Poems by Tiana Clark
Self-Portrait at Divorce Tiana Clark After reading Stag’s Leap again and finally knowing what the hell Sharon Olds was writing about The day my husband left I accidentally set… read more
Nonfiction
Aug 19 2021
On Defeat and Diego
On Defeat and Diego Alexander Ramirez Once, while I was training at the Police Athletic League in Oak Park, Diego “Chico” Corrales walked into the gym holding a trophy half… read more
Fiction
Aug 19 2021
The Body Was There
The Body Was There Shakarean Hutchinson Six months later she was pregnant. The curves of her hips opened up; her breast grew heavy. The blue cotton dress, the dye fading… read more
Fiction
Aug 19 2021
The Burial
The Burial Samantha Xiao Cody In the days after Mr. Huang was arrested for killing his son, we began seeing the dog everywhere. The Huang house was swarmed with reporters… read more
Fiction
Aug 19 2021
Heart-Scalded
Heart-Scalded Daphne Kalotay for Jude Twilight’s hazy glow, the world covered in gray lint. Viv hailed a ride and set out toward the crumbling edge of town. Though it… read more
Poetry
Aug 19 2021
Poem by V. Penelope Pelizzon
Of Vinegar Of Pearl (an excerpt) V. Penelope Pelizzon “The elements return to the body of their mother.” —Paracelsus 1. Like pulp-and-spittle wasps’ nests built in their season to… read more
Fiction
Aug 19 2021
The Past
The Past Danica Li My new boyfriend and I have been fighting a lot recently. We’ve only been dating for six months or so, so it’s to be expected, I… read more
Poetry
Aug 19 2021
5 Poems by Nancy Reddy
Spooky Action at a Distance Nancy Reddy In the Nashville airport, in gate C-84, in the industrial carpet and molded plastic seats where we all wait to be carried elsewhere,… read more
Nonfiction
Aug 19 2021
Oil Town Overture
Town Overture Dave Zoby At five AM I smell coffee through the floorboards. Carter only drinks organic. He set up his own kitchenette down there. I hear the clink of… read more
Poetry
Aug 19 2021
Six Poems by Bruce Campbell
I Hear the Continents Are Drifting Like Great Granite Pirates I hear the continents are drifting like great granite pirates and that matter hangs like a tapestry whose threads… read more
Fiction
Aug 18 2021
Babette Has Gone Missing
Babette Has Gone Missing Becky Mandelbaum I wanted to be alone, to have a break from my life, so I applied to an artist residency in the Southwest. I… read more
Art
Aug 18 2021
The Charm Offensive: Magritte’s Influence on Contemporary Art
The Charm Offensive: Magritte’s Influence on Contemporary Art Kristine Somerville “All I know of hope, I place in love.” —René Magritte During the World War II, René Magritte aimed… read more
Curio Cabinet
Aug 18 2021
Clothes Make the Character: Costume Collaborations of Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock
Clothes Make the Character: Costume Collaborations of Edith Head and Alfred Hitchcock “I knew I was not a creative design genius. I was never going to be the world’s greatest… read more
Reviews
Aug 18 2021
Intersectionality and Identity: Four Recent Women’s Memoirs
Four Memoirs Lisa Katz Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey. Ecco Press, 2020, 224 pp., $16.99 (paper). Terroir: Love, Out of Place by Natasha Sajé. Trinity University Press, 2020, 207… read more