Editor’s Notes by Jill Christman
Most of seeing is mustering the willingness to look, and even then, there’s so much that resists our gaze. Grief, for example, or trauma; memories that cause us shame or make us feel regret; rage, identity, anything and everything that puts us at risk to lose something we depend upon—a concept of ourselves, a well-practiced narrative of the past, a social position, a dream for the future, a feeling of safety, or most terrifying of all, a person we love. Continue reading . . .
Contents
“Snow Hymns” Michael Garrigan ◆ “Liver Lady and Anything Man” Aaron Landsman ◆ “Security” Bret Lott ◆ “Side B” Sarah Layden ◆ “The Polaroid Baby and the Shape of Time” Jessica Johnson ◆ “A Clean Burn” Tiffany Isaacs ◆ “Boom: A Story of Erasure, Accident, and Exposure in the New Mexico Desert” Tyler Mills ◆ “Another True Story” Marion Peters Denard ◆ “Crime Spree” Desiree Cooper ◆ “Nest” Jan Shoemaker
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