Cover art by Marius Lehene

Issue #9 includes 20 poems by these poets: Wendy Xu, Joseph P. Wood, Molly Tenenbaum, Martha Silano, Erika L. Sánchez, Chris Mink, Kristi Maxwell, Alec Hershman, James Grinwis, Susan Grimm, Paul Dickey, Tracy DeBrincat, Chanel Clarke, Molly Brodak, Michelle Bitting, and Anne Barngrover.
 
 
We are also proud to announce our nominees for the Pushcart Prizes:

Neil de la Flor & Maureen Seaton, “The Raven King”
Tracy DeBrincat, “There Is No Other Way to Do This”
Amit Majmudar, “The Shovelers”
Catherine Pierce, “She Considers Trading Her Secrets”
Nancy Reddy, “The Case of the Double Jinx”
G. C. Waldrep, “The Child Hood”