Fall 2020

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Issue 2 launches Tuesday, January 19th

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Little Earthquakes

by Vickie Vértiz

desert roadways

Three Poems

by Lynne Thompson

destroyed building with blue sky

Eye of the Beholder

No Room of One’s Own

by Emily Hodgson Anderson

library wood writing desk

Wall

by Susan Straight

black and white construction of border wall

Three Poems

by bridgette bianca

white lamppost in front of palm trees and foliage

Helicopter

by Karen E. Bender

wire statues of people wearing gas masks and holding metal weapons in an empty cell

Three Poems

by Susan Terris

one joshua tree in the desert against a blue sky with some clouds

The Undercurrent

by Lilliam Rivera

On Time

by Liska Jacobs

large blue and white telescope

Essential Workers of the Sonoran Desert and Beyond

by Kimi Eisele

brown desert coyote with text that reads: Not always considered front line workers, artists nonetheless are working hard to observe, document, respond to, and reflect on this pandemic. What would your days be like right now without books, music, dance, visual art, film, and cultural heritage practices that connect you to your friends, your family, your community, your best self? We turn to art to soothe, celebrate, commemorate, escape, mourn, and liberate. And there is no art without artists. Coyotes rule the desert with crafty intelligence, playful curiosity, and keen sensitivity. Highly adaptable, they live in every habitat and support each other through social groups. They appear and disappear when you least expect them... and they sing to communicate or just for fun.

My Father’s Badge and Gun

by Natashia Deón

streetlight and security camera against a clear blue sky

Code~dIsSoNaNcE~REVERIE

by Andre Tyson, Douglas Kearney

dancers on stage in front of projected backdrop

Crystal Palace

by Carribean Fragoza

painting of a distressed naked woman

More was Lost in the War

by Daniel Alarcón

new york subway seats with red bull can on floor underneath

Genesis, COVID.19

by Andrés Neuman

medieval painting of people carrying wooden caskets and digging graves

Four Poems

by Victoria Chang

large sequoia tree viewed from below

Shelter

by Emily Rapp Black, Lisa Glatt

run down cottage on a green hill over looking a gloomy shoreline

Postcards from the West: A Photojournal

by Pam Houston

eight chickens standing in a hen house

Steam Tunnels

by Anita Felicelli

two metal nitrogen tanks sitting on sidewalk of city street

Four Poems

by Matthew Zapruder

painting of dark cloudy sky

The View from My Screen

by Wendy C. Ortiz

list written by child of items to bring for protest, including bat, rope, lighter

Three Poems

by Chris Abani

worn concrete statue with metal wings on the back

Dear America

by Maria Duarte

six tan military humvees blocking a los angeles intersection

An Essay about Roger

by Lynn Melnick

two cars in front of spray paint mural

Malbolge: the libretto to Code~dIsSoNaNcE~REVERIE

by Douglas Kearney

man alone on stage in front of blue projection screen

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