Molly McCully Brown on weathering storms. Rick Chess on blessing. A conversation with Emily Bernard on motherhood, violence, and going back to church. Thuan Vu on floral painting, Vietnam, New Orleans, and the beauty of resilience. Eric Aho on painting in light of Zurbarán’s Martyrdom of Saint Serapion. John Hendrix reviews Manu Larcenet’s graphic adaptation of McCarthy’s The Road. M.P. Kennedy on Judee Sill, Weyes Blood, and the ghosts of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Rob Larson on painting and prayer during Covid lockdown. C.J. Surbaugh on an opera based on Garth Greenwell’s What Belongs to You. Claire Hanlon on exodus from a husband’s addiction. Mahmoud Saleh Mohammadi on making installation art with handmade silk carpets. Fiction set in India and the Bronx.  Poems by Stanley Plumly, Toby Martinez de las Rivas, Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Julia Guez, and more.

On the cover: Thuan Vu. Kintsugi Arrangement No. 17, 2023.

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