Arise, Stone
By Poetry Issue 101
By inadequacies of word, of form, I have reached for you.
Read MoreWhispers, Scrolls
By Poetry Issue 101
In your abandonment you are beloved; in exile you are saved.
Read MoreFailure Is Fertile Ground: Notes on Painting
By Essay Issue 101
If a painting is worth experiencing at all, it must be affirmed as this emulsion, which reveals itself only to the attentive gaze, though a glance might be the first encounter.
Read MoreLiving Fabric: Letitia Huckaby Talks to History
By Essay Issue 101
In her art, Huckaby is constantly pushing herself to discover those previously unheard voices.
Read MoreThey Too Go Round
By Poetry Issue 101
Look as upward they gaze: those blessèd, dancing round and around in that circle of praise.
Read MoreAid to Families with Dependent Children
By Short Story Issue 101
Mama kept informing us that the Lord would provide if we only had faith the size of a mustard seed, but Timothy and I pretended not to hear.
Read MoreThe Taking of Christ
By Poetry Issue 101
Fingers folded not in prayer, but interlaced. So as not to be torn asunder.
Read MoreThe Death of Danilo Ilić
By Short Story Issue 101
What is heaven but the immortal fulfillment of a mortal longing? What is it but the most sublime synthesis of memory and dream?
Read MoreBetween Voices
By Poetry Issue 101
The left hand still flexes with the boy’s death, but on the right, a reprieve: the wrist wilts.
Read MoreDisenchanted Mother of Clarity
By Poetry Issue 101
Let’s suppose that there is a spotlight waiting within the heart, and the heart is innocent because it is made of paper and can be cut.
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