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Contents

The Common Statement: A Note from the Editor” by Jennifer Acker

Poetry

Ferdinandea” by Maria Terrone

The Saints of Streets” by Luisa A. Igloria

Kolonos Hippios” by John Matthias

Asheville Out” by John Matthias

Modernato Pizzicato” by John Matthias

Leaving Dunmore East” by Kevin O’Connor

The Seastack” by Christopher DeWeese

The Narrows” by Christopher DeWeese

New Jersey, the Garden State” by Rafael Campo

The Massage” by Rafael Campo

Fleetings” by Philip Nikolayev

Phaedra” by Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Catherine Ciepiela)

The Curtain” by Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Catherine Ciepiela)

Song” by Honor Moore

Realization” by Yehudit Ben-Zvi Heller (co-translated by Stephen Clingman and the poet)

Jerusalem Light” by Yehudit Ben-Zvi Heller (co-translated by Agha Shahid Ali and the poet)

Sunset in Herring Cove” by Yehudit Ben-Zvi Heller (co-translated by Agha Shahid Ali and the poet)

Otter Cove” by Yehudit Ben-Zvi Heller (co-translated by Stephen Clingman and the poet)

The Crew Change” by Don Share

Wishbone” by Don Share

High Holidays” by Don Share

Angkor” by Cliff Forshaw

from Vandemonian” by Cliff Forshaw

The Gods” by Mary Jo Salter

Images

Moonscapes” curated by Michael Kelly

Fiction

Full Circle Thrice” by Sabina Murray

Interpreters of Men Get It On” by Fiona Maazel

The Boys Club” by Maura Candela

Exquisite Corpse” by Lauren Groff

Essays

Brown Road (1853-1932)” by Ted Conover

The Serpent Lesson: Adam and Eve at Home in Ohio” by Brook Wilensky-Lanford

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