“Our present-tense human experience is like a living tree growing by a river. The current in the river is the passing of time. Our individual pasts are like the same tree fallen in the river, drowned now, and disintegrating with surprising speed. We resist time’s flow with our memories and language, with our stories ”
~ David James Duncan
Issue 26.1
Featuring the writing of Richard Bausch, David Fowler, George Estreich, Stephen Haines, Heather Lanier, Will McMillan, Lindsey Pharr, Suzanne Roberts, Jennifer Taylor-Skinner, William Torrey, and Nicole Walker.
First Glove
First Glove
By Peter DeMarco
The glove grows softer from playing catch with your father in the yard, and sometimes, when you sleep, you tuck it under the mattress to help its pliability...