Table of Contents
“From the Editor: Breaking the Mold” by David L. Ulin
ESSAYS/NONFICTION
“You Have Time” by Tyler Dilts
“Fall 2011: A Journal” by Kazim Ali
“The Concertina Effect” by Inna Effress
FICTION
“No Refills” by Diane Lefer
“The Wife Writes” by Amanda Montei
“Re: The Devil’s in the Details” by Lincoln Michel
“Tegucigalpa” by Mark Haber
“Our Mother Told Us” by Diana Wagman
POETRY
“Point Lobos” by Shin Yu Pai
“Doing the Work,” “Nice While it Lasted,” “The Best Time,” “Sonnet” by Ifoghale Eguwe
“Club,” “Oizys, God of Anxiety,” “Lines en Route to Pennsylvania” by Maggie Millner
“Rock Garden in the Backyard with a Ghost Tree and an Evergreen,” “Stay,” “Disappearing Act” by Diane Mehta
“Good Morning,” “Wrong Question” by Jordan Smith
“Stilled Life,” “Through a Window in Winter,” “Labyrinth,” “Columbarium” by Michelle Bitting
CONVERSATIONS
Shin Yu Pai in conversation with Abbie Reese
Hari Kunzru in conversation with Maggie Nelson
Kazim Ali in conversation with Abbie Reese
REMEMBRANCE
“After the Fact” by Marvin Bell and Christopher Merrill
“Emeritus Talk: Bloody Brainwork” by Marvin Bell
Discussion of Bell’s career with Christopher Merrill and David St. John
THE NEIGHBORHOODS PROJECT
“Echo Park” by Judith Freeman and Anthony Hernandez (Essay/Collaboration)
MUSIC
“Salidummay” by Ina Cariño
ART
A Portfolio by Shizu Saldamando, with commentary by Ivan Ramos
DEPARTMENTS
COLLABORATIONS
“Tidal,” “Have You Ever Tried to Bully a Wave,” “Starshine” by Shin Yu Pai and David Ian Bickley
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
“The Memory Demos” by Alistair McCartney
“Dual Existence” by Marisa Silver
RESPONSES