Editor’s Notes by Joe Mackall
Deep into his first memoir, What I Think I Did, the late Larry Woiwode writes several sentences that define him as a writer, revealing his material, his process, his calling. “I write more daily pages than ever, all background, prelude to my brother’s visit, and then a phrase sends a scene wobbling up in focus: my grandmother, my mother’s mother, at a sink in her farmhouse.” Continue reading . . .
Contents
“On Seeing the First Image from the James Webb Space Telescope” Elizabeth Carls ◆ “Windblown” Jim Daniels ◆ “Hammer Test” Renata Golden ◆ “Made Holy” Michael Downs ◆ “Washed Clean” Ann Leamon ◆ “Church of the Goat Man” Kathleen Driskell ◆ “Something About Shoes” Diane Gottlieb ◆ “Keepaway” Sydney Lea ◆ “The Texas Motel” Jill Talbot ◆ “Caspian Elegies” Layli Shirani ◆ “Rifle Seasons” Greg Bottoms. ◆ “Her Broken English” Melissa Akie Wiley ◆ “The Birds Are Gone” Julia Purks ◆ “Given Earth, Given Water” Claudia F. Saleeby Savage ◆ “Casting Lessons” Leslie Jill Patterson
