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Issue 52 • Fall 2025

Painting of three red and white anthurium flowers

Her English

By Jose Oseguera

Photograph of deserted beach with lifeguard chair and blue sky

Out of the Shade

By Meghan Sterling

Painting of a black woman in the woods carrying a basket of red apples with a wolf behind her with a city burning the distance.

monarchs

By Ivy Raff

Multimedia art piece of maroon mesa with moon and star in the sky

arroyos

By Marika Guthrie

Issue 51 • Spring 2025

Photograph of a sculpted bull against a grey background.

Study #2 for cm

by Nico Amador

Abstract art; blue and gold paint poured on linen, streaking out in sunburst from center

I could tell you why I walk like this

by Diem Okoye

Photograph of a mural of a windmill painted on a wall above a yellowed grass field with a cactus.

My father’s mouth

by Joe Lozano

Photograph of an empty pool by the water, a cloudy sky above.

The Secret

by EB Ramzi

Issue 50 • Fall 2024

Photograph of an orange wall with white paint and waterstains running down

Notes on the Back of the Syllabus

by Ceridwen Hall

Painting of a cloudy blue sky, semi abstract, above blueish purple mountains

I’m Not a Mathematician

by Patrick Holian

Photograph of four horses in the desert, one facing the camera

How to Write a Happy Ending

by Jeevan Anthony Narney

Photograph of a zoomed-in face, blurry, with red highlights

death count of the ghost doctor

by Zoë Luh

Issue 49 • Spring 2024

طین (Mud)

By Noor Al-Samarrai

Close-up portrayal of moonflowers at night.

A Dog Named Lily

By Nancy Beauregard

Collaged image of birdhouses in an urban scene with a tree and tall buildings.

[SUNDAY] and [MONDAY MORNING]

By Harley Tonelli

Issue 48 • Fall 2023

illustration of Strata near Valenciennes

Mermaids of Albuquerque

By Elizabeth Cohen

two photos of women's dress hems, legs and shoes

Tone Poem

By Bob Hicok

a classical statue mixed media collage

The Pigeons

By Katey Linskey

black and white photograph of boulders and rocks

Nothing Grows in Fontana

By Michael Vargas