The geographer’s colors. Homages to Saul Bellow and Elizabeth Bishop, a roving interview with Edward Hoagland, as well as the sharply drawn fictional worlds of Gania Barlow, Xujun Eberlein, Mary O’Donoghue, Tova Reich, Tom Whalen, and Nicholas Montemarano. Poems by Matt Donovan, Paula Closson Buck, Eamon Grennan, and others complement the vigorous book collages of Maureen Mullarkey.

Editor

Sven Birkerts

Founding Editor

Askold Melnyczuk

Senior Editor

William Pierce

Fiction Editors

William Giraldi

William Charles Delman

Jessica Keener

William Giraldi, William Charles Delman, Jessica Keener

Poetry Editors

Ellen Wehle

Rachel DeWoskin

Ellen Wehle, Rachel DeWoskin

Office Manager

Agnes Gyorfi

Advisory Board

Leslie Epstein

Robert Pinsky

Derek Walcott

Leslie Epstein, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott

Editorial Assistants

Caitrin Abshere

Neil Angis

Jim Sitar

Miriam Lawrence

Evan Magers

Aaron DeRosa

Eric Markowsky

Nigel Assam

Zachary Read

Rebecca Wangh

Caitrin Abshere, Neil Angis, Jim Sitar, Miriam Lawrence, Evan Magers, Aaron DeRosa, Eric Markowsky, Nigel Assam, Zachary Read, Rebecca Wangh

Contributing Editors

Lucie Brock-Broido

John J. Clayton

William Corbett

Stuart Dischell

Sharon Dunn, ed. emerita

Thomas Sayers Ellis

Marie Howe

Diana Der-Hovanessian

Ha Jin

Alex Johnson

Susan Johnson

Fred Marchant

Fiona McCrae

Gail Mazur

Joe Osterhaus

Dzvinia Orlowsky

Liam Rector

George Scialabba

Tom Sleigh

Sue Standing

Rosanna Warren

Oksana Zabuzhko

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

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Contents

Editor's Note

Fiction

Essays

Poetry

Art Feature

Conversations