COLUMNS
Gaze
Irena Ioannou on wanting more beyond the glass ceiling and access to power for gender equality
Head Above Water
Tim Clark on his many mottos, a lifetime of quitting and the roads taken to contentment
Soapbox
Mike Hembury on the moral imperative for a coordinated global response to the pandemic
Center Stage
Center Stage celebrates the work of poet Martin Willitts Jr.
Letters from Berlin
Annie Mark-Westfall on acknowledging the privilege and blessing of the coronavirus vaccines
From the Inside
Ryan M. Moser on the isolation of a life behind bars and the meaning of human connection
5 YEARS OF THE WILD WORD
FICTION
Margaret Erhart
Margaret Erhart’s flash fiction story ‘Fishing’
Zach Murphy
Zach Murphy’s flash fiction story ‘I Traveled this Far Because I Love You’
Paola Caronni
Paola Caronni’s flash fiction story ‘Luce’
Arthur Davis
Arthur Davis’s flash fiction story ‘Stickball Season’
POETRY
Debasis Tripathy
Debasis Tripathy’s poem ‘Poets Starting After Forty’
Elaine Reardon
Elaine Reardon’s poems ‘The New Girl’ and ‘Eduardo’
Jacqueline Jules
Jacqueline Jules’s poem ‘On the Way to Chemo’
Rhonda Melanson
Rhonda Melanson’s poem ‘Walking as Resistance’
Paola Caronni
Paola Caronni’s poem ‘Inle Illusion’
Joan Hofmann
Joan Hofmann’s poem ‘Amen’ and ‘Holding On (at the Annual Community Grieving Ceremony)’
Sarah Carleton
Sarah Carleton’s poem ‘Among Wolves’
Vanessa R. Bradley
Vanessa R. Bradley’s poems ‘Ocean, Alive’ and ‘On Self-Reliance’
POETRY REVIEWS
Open Your Eyes Review
Mike Hembury’s review of the poetry anthology ‘Open Your Eyes’ edited by Vinita Agrawal
‘Grief Bacon’ review
Review of the poetry collection ‘Grief Bacon’ by CL Bledsoe
WHAT WE LOVE
Nina Hynes song ‘Looking For You’ from her new album ZAP! Buy here.
‘Growler Rising’ by Dee Mulrooney
Our editor Kusi Okamura on the Secret Library podcast on the need for writers over 40
Music online with Mick Hembury and Jenka Bühler
Yin Yoga in your sitting room with Erinbell Fanore
Daniel Lazaar on the Studs podcast explores the working life
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