
COLUMNS

Soapbox
Mike Hembury on the recent remarkable strike by West Virginian teachers

Dear Growler
In our new advice column, Growler gives advice to a man in a mid-life crisis

Head Above Water
Tim Clark on meaning behind promotions, lateral moves, and true success

Other Father
James Prenatt on memories of his father and the magic of storytelling

Behind Domestic Lines
Jami Ingledue on embracing our mother’s power of empathy

Not Another TV Dad
CL Bledsoe on the importance of magic, being polite, and ordering that extra biscuit
ORIGINS
NOW BERLIN
FICTION

Salvatore Difalco
Salvatore Difalco’s short story ‘Blue Monday’
POETRY

Argos MacCallum
Argos MacCallum’s poem ‘Showman’

Feby Joseph
Feby Joseph’s poem ‘Sometimes’

Ellen J. Shabshai Fox
Ellen J. Shabshai Fox’s poem ‘Coffee House’

Clara Burghelea
Clara Burghelea’s poem ‘Things my mother brought to life’

One Heart
Our Artist-in-Residence Jean Fogel on the heart as holding place for both love and suffering


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