Out of pieces is a world made and understood. Wangechi Mutu’s stunning, disturbing images set the tone for an investigation of canny and uncanny assemblage. Essays by, among others, Carol Ann Davis and Anna Journey; fiction by Ihab Hassan, Matt Sailor, and Ann Pancake; translations of Horace and Callimachus, and poems by Kevin Prufer, Patricia Hooper, and many others.

Editor

Sven Birkerts

Founding Editor

Askold Melnyczuk

Senior Editor

William Pierce

Fiction Editor

Lynne Potts

Asst. Poetry Editor

Sumita Chakraborty

Prose Editor

Jennifer Alise Drew

Readers

Jessica Keener

Mary O'Donoghue

Erin Trahan

Jessica Keener, Mary O'Donoghue, Erin Trahan

Galley Editors/Events

Lindsay Guth

Beth Romano

Lindsay Guth, Beth Romano

Social Media

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Rachel Mennies

Sumita Chakraborty, Rachel Mennies

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Newsletter Director

Alison Lanier

Advisory Board

Leslie Epstein

Robert Pinsky

Derek Walcott

Rosanna Warren

Leslie Epstein, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott, Rosanna Warren

Editorial Assistants

Alison Lanier

Leanne Hoppe

Brian Han

Jannell McConnell Parsons

Rachel Feingold

Johanna Pittman

Alison Lanier, Leanne Hoppe, Brian Han, Jannell McConnell Parsons, Rachel Feingold, Johanna Pittman

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

Dana Levin

Fred Marchant

Fiona McCrae

Gail Mazur

Dzvinia Orlowsky

Lia Purpura

George Scialabba

Tom Sleigh

Sue Standing

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, Dana Levin, Fred Marchant, Fiona McCrae, Gail Mazur, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Lia Purpura, George Scialabba, Tom Sleigh, Sue Standing, Oksana Zabuzhko

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Contents

Editor's Note

Fictions

Essays

Poetry

Art Feature