COLUMNS
Letters from Berlin
Annie Mark-Westfall on the letters of love with her Grandma Bea
Head Above Water
Tim Clark on the dreams and ambitions he had as a young man
Bloom
Daniel Blokh on navigating the course between childhood and adulthood
Gaze
Irena Ioannou on losing a sense of self in motherhood
Behind Domestic Lines
Jami Ingledue on the dirty little secrets of parenting
The Other Father
James Prenatt on the fake work of parenting and being a real dad
EDITORIAL
No Moment for Silence
Our guest columnist M.L. Long on breaking the silence on gun control
Why I Would Vote ‘Yes’
Erin O’Loughlin on why she would vote ‘yes’ in Australia’s same-sex marriage survey
FICTION
Too Long at the Fair
Maria Behan’s short story ‘Too Long at the Fair’
Man Overboard
Leif Ecklert on an office party that gets out of hand
Tuscaloosa Vampire
Carolyn Divish’s short story ‘Tuscaloosa Vampire’
POETRY SPECIAL
Eileen Mattmann
Eileen Mattmann’s poems ‘Faked’ and ‘Lie’
Janette Schafer
Janette Schafer’s poem ‘Vagrancy’
Kathleen A. Lawrence
Kathleen A. Lawrence’s poem ‘Celluloid & Innocence Lost’
Jan Chronister
Jan Chronister’s poem ‘Cross-pollination’
Judy Shepps Battle
Judy Shepps Battle’s poem ‘Emotional Alchemy’
Kenneth Pobo
Kenneth Pobo’s poem ‘Joy Coil’
ART
Ex Nihilo
Our Artist-in-Residence Laurie Legrand on the sacred work of hands
Keeping It Surreal
Writer and artist Emer Martin on the relevance of surrealism and art as resistance
