Issue 57

‘[killing a sacred deer]’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Working on this issue, I was repeatedly reminded how poems leave us with…

‘Attachment Style’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note As a single woman in my thirties, there are many newly-relevant phrases that…

‘Name Something More Tender’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Charlotte Newbury’s set of prose poems are designed like bridges. Except, as you…

‘summer corpora’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note As contemporary poets increasingly move away from formal meters and rhyme schemes, musicality…

‘Self-Portrait as a Thottaavaadi’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note Self-portraits in poetry are intriguing for many reasons, not least for how they compare…

‘Enroute Kodaikanal’ and Other Poems

Editor's Note I’ve long been fascinated by poetry that performs the function of the witness.…

Watermelon For One

Editor's Note When writers write about grief, it’s not only an exploration of the personal…

Father’s Art

Editor's Note Our parents: Present. Absent. Living. Dead. Healthy. Diseased. Flawed. Perfect. Evil. Suffering. Reluctant.…

The Dream Girls

Editor's Note Bruce Willis, speaking about Samuel Jackson's acting, remarked appreciatively that once Jackson was…

The Geisha’s Songs: Selections

Editor's Note Should we expect an English translation of an Urdu translation of an English…