Spring 2017: Borders

"Spring" © Jill Slaymaker; used by permission]

Crossing Over

On the drill square, children float paper boats in metal basins. I wander off, get lost in a maze of outhouses. In night dreams ever after, I never escape. Better to keep my eyes open, stare up, keep the oiled beams from falling.

—"Self-Portrait at Five"

New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they publish throughout the issue cycle.

Personal Stories

No Trespassing by Ellen Prentiss Campbell

Art

Harry the Polychrome Frog by John Peacock

Poetry Spotlight

Mercury by Kevin Killian

My Next Tattoo / A Promise by Aimee Suzara

My Place in Line by Lucy M. Logsdon

Gauguin at the Fund-raiser by Jennifer Jean

We Could Be Cyborgs by Lesley Wheeler

Self-Portrait at Five by Louisa Howerow

Oasis by Lucille Lang Day

The Golden Record by Chana Bloch

Manhattan, My Ass, You're in Oakland by Judy Juanita

Through, the Window by Rebecca Teich

Waterside at Mueller Lake Park by David Meischen

Flight Risk: Dementia by Susan Terris

Irreconcilable Differences by Cindy Veach

Faculty Development Workshop by Julia Lisella

Dear Employee Assistance Office by Ellen McGrath Smith

Words on Edge

Eight Novels to Prepare You for the End of Civilization by Tim Weed

Can a Woman Make a Joke? by Emily Toth

Mental Borders

Night Fishing by Sara Hubbs

Dispatches from the Land of Well by Jamie Passaro

Confined to Quarters by Marianne Goldsmith

Camera Obscura by Rebecca Schumejda

First Person

Free Speech and Grassroots Writing by Martha Nichols

Collaborations

The Future Labors Over Her CV by Carol Dorf and Autumn Stephens

I Dreamed I Wrote this Sestina in My Maidenform Bra by Denise Duhamel, Brice Brown

A Thousand Bluebirds by Maureen Seaton and Neil de la Flor

Genre Borders

Davy Crockett Is Just Fine by Angela Readman

Their Lists Long, Their Spreadsheets Lost by Judy T. Oldfield

To Be a Snake in Winter by Nyanka Joseph