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
FICTION
“The Wife Writes” by Amanda Montei
“Re: The Devil’s in the Details” by Lincoln Michel
“The Concertina Effect” by Inna Effress
“Our Mother Told Us” by Diana Wagman
POETRY
“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
“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
Introduction to the Neighborhoods Project by David L. Ulin
MUSIC
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: Writing the Conscious Child” by Marisa Silver
RESPONSES