Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Summer 2022
Fiction
Anne Hosansky, The Tree Child
Jude Reese, The Third Chakra at Gate 26
Lois Spencer, Unfamiliar Places
Mary-Lou Weisman, Dating Doctors
NonFiction
Anne Canright, The Bridge
Lynette Blumhardt, Easily Amused
Gail B. Kent, The Bench
Sherri Wright, What is Essential — Every Single Day
Art
Carol Steen’s Evolving Synesthetic Worldscape, by Greta Berman, Art Editor
Music
Laurie Carney
Interview by Gena Raps, Music Editor
Poetry
Poetry from the Western States
The Transformative Capacity: Introducing Kathleen Winter, by Cynthia Hogue, Poetry Editor
Introduction to the Poets of the Western States, by Kathleen Winter, Guest Judge
Short Takes
Turning Points
Introduction: Turn, Turn, Turn, by Jean Zorn, Publisher
Prose by Kathryn Bashaar, Beverly Friend, Adele Glimm, Molly Howes, Penny Campbell, Fokkina McDonnell, Clare Simons
Poetry by Abby Caplin, Cecile Earle, Elise Kazanjian, Kathleen McClung, Angie Minkin, Christy Shepard, Ellen Gerneaux Woods
Illustrations by Karen Greenbaum-Maya
Music by Gena Raps
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court v. American Democracy, by Margaret E. Wagner and the Editors of Persimmon Tree
From the Editor
Turn, Turn, Turn, by Margaret (Peggy) Wagner
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Issue 62, Summer 2022