Summer 2021
Nonfiction
Catherine Mathews, The Girl by the Door
Art by Elsa Lichman
Patricia Boswell, The Visit
Art by Mary Rose O’Connell
Monona Wali, The Resistance of Shakuntala
Art by Emily Thornton Calvo
Fiction
Priscilla Long, The Rubble That Is the Past
Art by Teresa Fasolino
Carolyn Coyle, The New Director
Art by Emily Thornton Calvo
Prudence Lev, Perky
Sketch
Becky Boling, Birthday No. 61
Music
Jane Ira Bloom: Jazz Saxophonist and Composer
Interviewed by Gena Raps, Music Editor
Art
Howardena Pindell: An Intersectional Artist Before the Fact
Introduction by Greta Berman, Art Editor
Poetry
Poets from Elsewhere Selected by Dr. Tina Barr
Introducing Tina Barr by Cynthia Hogue, Poetry Editor
Tina Barr, Margo Berdeshevsky, Nicole Brossard, Lam Thi My Da, Dubravka Djuric, Elizabeth Mornin, Liana Sakelliou, Susan Wicks, Linda Stern Zisquit
Art by Emily Thornton Calvo
Short Takes
Heroes
Introduction: Everyday Heroism by Jean Zorn, Publisher
Carol Biederman, Sharon J. Clark, Lynne Davis, Judith Emilie, Maryanne Hannan, Maggie Hill, Jane Joritz-Nakagawa, Clorisa Phillips, Ellen K. Reichman, Marcia Rutan, Judy Wells, Ann Weil
Art by Paula Schultz & by Elisabeth De Nitto
Music by Gena Raps & Carol Wincenc
Revisit
Tania León, In Motion
Saluting Our Pulitzer Prize Winner, by Gena Raps, Music Editor
Memoriam: Marcia Freedman
Marcia, My Friend, by Nan Gefen, Publisher Emerita
Marcia Snares Me, by Sue Leonard, Editor
From the Editor
Opening Up
Sue Leonard
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
SHORT TAKES: “Secrets”
POETRY SUBMISSIONS: East Coast States
(Click Submissions for details)