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Fall 2018

Fall 2018

Volume 94, Number 3

The fall issue wrestles with ideas of survival in America. From communal grief that follows school shootings to the fight for asylum, to lived experiences at the intersection of race and class, how do we navigate life after trauma, across borders, and within systems?

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A Culture of No

By Justine van der Leun, Illustrations by Alan Vest

Fall 2018

The fate of people seeking asylum in the United States is determined not just by the legitimacy of their claims, but by where they land. This is the story of how one immigration court in Texas has shut the door on those seeking refuge in America.

Reporting

A Culture of No

By Justine van der Leun, Illustrations by Alan Vest

Essays

The Weight of a Nickel

By Sarah Smarsh, Illustrations by Wayne Brezinka

Old Ideas

By Pamela Erens

Civility vs. Decency

By Gregory McNamee, Illustrations by Lauren Simkin Berke

The Will of the Water

By Lacy M. Johnson

My Father’s Toe

By Sean Mills, Illustrations by Michelle Thompson

Woe and Wonder

By Joshua Wolf Shenk

Memory Wars

By Emily Ding

Nora Krug’s Notes to Self

By Nora Krug, Photography by Christopher Gregory

Memoir

Quick Feet

By Kiese Laymon, Illustrations by Lauren Simkin Berke

Interviews

Forward Thinking

By Claire Schwartz, Illustrations by Denise Nestor

Fiction

More Fire

By Kwame Opoku-Duku, Illustrations by Nicole Rifkin

The Ash Swimming Pool

By Daisy Johnson, Illustrations by Nicole Rifkin

Merge

By Deborah Eisenberg, Illustrations by Nicole Rifkin

Poetry

Golden

By Beth Bachmann

Mother of All Monsters

By Beth Bachmann

Shower

By Beth Bachmann

Cleaning

By Anders Carlson-Wee

The Mattress

By Anders Carlson-Wee

Pride

By Anders Carlson-Wee

Arch of Hysteria

By Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Ars Poetica

By Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Belief

By Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Certified

By Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Seeing the Body

By Rachel Eliza Griffiths

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By Rachel Eliza Griffiths

And If I Fall

By Carl Phillips

Dangerous Only When Disturbed

By Carl Phillips

My Monster

By Carl Phillips

Afterwinds, while inside the head of the cloud

By Beth Bachmann

Star Map With Action Figures

By Carl Phillips

Criticism

Cruelty With a Point

By Michelle Orange

Returning the Gaze

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin

War and Peace and Nostalgia

By Vu Tran

A Girl Like You

By Julia Cooke

Photography

American Origami

Photography by Andres Gonzalez

Author Profiles

Andres Gonzalez

Andres Gonzalez is a photographer, editor, and educator based in Vallejo, California. He is a Fulbright Fellow and the recipient of a Light Work artist residency.

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet and visual artist.

Vu Tran

Vu Tran’s first novel, Dragonfish (Norton, 2016), was a NY Times Notable Book and listed as a San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of the Year.