ISSUE SEVENTEEN

Variant Connections

Art and Words on Gaza curated by Barbara Lock

Poetry

Ode to Weevils by Leia K. Bradley
subject matter by Chiagoziem Jideofor
Teeth by Esteban Rodríguez
In 1986 by Bridget Kriner
Pantoum for Holding Ourselves Together by Elizabeth Edelglass
Swans by Mary Simmons
because i needed to be useful i made myself small by Kristin Lueke
Imaginary Play on the I-5 by Hannah Levy
Poet Laureate of the Absurd by Jose Hernandez Diaz
Pantoum for the Pussy by Megan Alyse
Saying Yes to Everything by Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong
Classics by James King
Quantum Entanglement by Katherine Schmidt

Nonfiction

After Elik by Naomi Anne Goldner
Hoe by Kristy Crouse
Three Micros by Mark Hendrickson
Ceremonies of Togetherness by Mofiyinfoluwa O.

Fiction

Brother and Not-Brother by James R. Gapinski
Ghost Woman by Huina Zheng
Ceremony by Mike Wilson
An Ark by D.J. Huppatz
Vulcanized by Thomas Mixon
Postnatural by Sarah Roth

Art

Beach Teepees (Sigatoka Sand Dunes) IV by Jeremiah Gilbert
Obey by Nelson Lowhim
Salt & Pepper by Amy Marques

Masthead

Editor-in-Chief Tyler Pufpaff

Managing Editor Barbara Lock

Associate Managing Editors, Prose Tessa Rossi / Colleen Flaherty

Associate Managing Editor, Poetry Megan Nichols

Associate Managing Editor, Nonfiction Camille U. Adams

Poetry Editors Erica Abbott / K.M. Crane / Keana Moreau / Greer McAllister / José Felipe Ozuna / Jessica Nirvana Ram / Kevin Risner / Lindsey Schaffer

Fiction Editors Lisa Croce / Dink Dinkins / Jeanne-Marie Fleming / Brandi Handley /Ashley Kim / William Cagle / Barbara Byar

Nonfiction Editors Camille U. Adams / Sarah Catherine Golden / Arden Stockdell-Giesler / Ruby Djuna Haack / Tori Walters / Julian Guy

Visual Art Editor Kalyn RoseAnne Livernois / Charlie Madison Taylor