Editor’s Notes by Joe Mackall
When my children turned twenty-one, I wrote each of them a letter. The content was meant for them only. All three shed tears, as did I. I knew that although my children, two daughters and a son, were still mine and, of course, always would be, they were entering the world as adults; and forevermore I would have to share them with the world in a way that left me excited and proud, but also anxious and wary. This moment in the life of River Teeth feels a bit like that. In the fall of this year, River Teeth will be twenty years old. We couldn’t wait until it turned twenty-one to write this letter. Continue reading . . .
Contents
“Almost Thirty” by Rachel Weaver ◆ “Wind Farm: Four Variations” by Jeff Gundy ◆ “Bear Costume” by EmmaJean Holley ◆ “Of Milk and Stars” by Anne McGrath ◆ “Four Memories: The South” by J. David Stevens ◆ “Alone, Together” by Jill Talbot ◆ “Terrible Sanity” by Sam Pickering ◆ “His Name Was Sherwood Baker” by Evan Reibsome ◆ “The Whiteness of the Weasel” by E.J. Myers ◆ “Without Being Taught” by Elizabeth Miki Brina ◆ “Tick, Days Three Through Thirty” by Rosanna N. Henderson ◆ “Bitch” by Chris Siteman ◆ “Grass-covered Chest” by Fleda Brown
