Editorial Statement

We’re not wearing ties. We carry neither briefcases nor resumes. We wear t-shirts, plaid shirts, sweaters. We sidle up to cute recruiters and begin our job pitch, ‘Sup?’ We smile and we laugh more than anyone else at the career fair, and we like to think it’s genuine (i.e. we’re not selling out), but [...]

Draw (3)

— George Xander Morris

Acting on Guilt: The Campaigns to “Save Darfur”

by Selena Simmons-Duffin
It’s precisely because activism can make a difference that we need to be honest with ourselves when we assess what has succeeded, what hasn’t, and what has had unanticipated side effects.- Alex de Waal, Fellow of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard   
Every once in a while, a violent conflict in a far off [...]

Draw (7)

— George Xander Morris

Rise; Fall, Flip

— Sara Sisun

North Dakota Elegy

In that wind, I pulled my blanket in to me,
the edges of it beat against my legs.
Above, clouds germinated over
grey-grass hills, hiding the land line.
The finality of a grave is hard to see.
Dirt piled on wood and bones.
I wished to see a sapling, budding blue,
or even a prairie fire in all that space.

— Marlon Footracer

Acquiring the Skeleton of Irishman Charles Burns

I.
He tears up my letters. He sends back no word.
But Burns has been staggering. His shinbones must pain him,
Decade on decade longshanking about –
Or so says my shadow, a greedy young gnome
Who follows my Burns for a generous sum –
With a whistle to signal the butcher and wagon.
What a sight they must be as they [...]

Scales of Balance

by Bill Loundy
Mom sits with Mark at a lacquered mahogany table in the parlor, scanning through frayed puzzle pieces, her eyebrows furrowing into an upside-down V. In front of them, the box is propped open and they take turns looking up and down, first at an image of a calico cat lounging among dahlias [...]

Photo (14)

— Mike Fleming

Draw (16)

— George Xander Morris