Handful of Fire
byA Review of Revisions (Sibling Rivalry Press) by Eric Tran ‘empty me out,’ Eric Tran writes at the end of his gorgeous poem, “How…
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Country Music
byA Review of Tunsiya Amrikiya (Bull City Press, 2018) by Leila Chatti National identity, when not summoned for fatuous patriotism, can spur great poetry….
Letter from the Editor
byIn the ignominious and dispiriting year of American public life that was 2016, which culminated in the election of a president so egregiously unqualified…
Witness From Tornado Alley
byI’ve never seen one in person, though I’ve heard and felt plenty. I say it up front for honesty’s sake that none may say…
Everything Enters The Bloodstream
byEverything enters the bloodstream, so if you say I love you, I can bleed it out. I can bleed it out. So, too, I…
Prayer for Solid Ground
byJanuary 20, 2017 The memory isn’t old enough— its ragged edges still seep. With just a fat needle and yarn the color of sunrise,…
Micah’s Prophecy
byTime subsides and you fall back into the hammock of another easy truth. There are so many ways to disguise this. One reigning idea…
The Reach of Justice
by79. lynching. Circa 1920, location unknown. The arc of the moral universe is an arm span flailing in the Georgia heat and nightfall knows…
Songs of Displacement
bySouth North + West (core sample) East 1. A missed childhood in Asia couldn’t be reclaimed The Chinese characters didn’t recognize her adopted name…
Global Day of Prayer for Climate Action
byEvangelicals host a Global Day of Prayer for Climate Action on April 5 – You’re Invited “Each of our calls to action rest on…