New Editor Sven Birkerts’s first issue. Includes work by Seamus Heaney, Maureen Howard, David Foster Wallace, Rosanna Warren, Rick Moody, Margot Livesey, Wesley McNair, Christopher Jane Corkery, Wolfgang Hilbig, David Wagoner, Maggie Dietz, Debora Greger, Nicholas Montemarano, Lise Haines, Lance Larsen, Harvey Blume, and many more. Pinhole photographs (including cover) by Jesseca Ferguson.

Editor

Sven Birkerts

Founding Editor

Askold Melnyczuk

Managing Editor

Eric Grunwald

Associate Fiction Editor

Jennifer Joerg Blum

Associate Poetry Editor

Rachel DeWoskin

Advisory Board

Leslie Epstein

Robert Pinsky

Derek Walcott

Leslie Epstein, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott

Editor Emerita

Sharon Dunn

Editorial Assistants

John Daniels

Elisabeth Donnelly

Adam Fagin

William Giraldi

Heather Heckman-McKenna

Katie Krell

Susanna Lamey

Renée Nichols

Avi Yulish

John Daniels, Elisabeth Donnelly, Adam Fagin, William Giraldi, Heather Heckman-McKenna, Katie Krell, Susanna Lamey, Renée Nichols, Avi Yulish

Contributing Editors

Thomas Bahr

Erin Belieu

Lucie Brock-Broido

John J. Clayton

William Corbett

Stuart Dischell

Sharon Dunn

Thomas Sayers Ellis

Marie Howe

Diana Der-Hovanessian

Ha Jin

Alex Johnson

Susan Johnson

Fred Marchant

Fiona McCrae

Gail Mazur

Joe Osterhaus

Dzvinia Orlowsky

George Packer

Solomea Pavlychko

Liam Rector

Scott Ruescher

George Scialabba

Tom Sleigh

Sue Standing

Rosanna Warren

Oksana Zabuzhko

Thomas Bahr, Erin Belieu, Lucie Brock-Broido, John J. Clayton, William Corbett, Stuart Dischell, Sharon Dunn, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Marie Howe, Diana Der-Hovanessian, Ha Jin, Alex Johnson, Susan Johnson, Fred Marchant, Fiona McCrae, Gail Mazur, Joe Osterhaus, Dzvinia Orlowsky, George Packer, Solomea Pavlychko, Liam Rector, Scott Ruescher, George Scialabba, Tom Sleigh, Sue Standing, Rosanna Warren, Oksana Zabuzhko

AGNI 57

Contents

Editor's Note

Fictions

Essays

Poetry

Art Feature

Essays

Art Feature