AGNI 88
Contents
Editor's Note
“Caress the Detail”: Thoughts on Repair
Fiction
Bonus Miles
by Bipin Aurora
Nothing Happened
Scabs
Be Cool, Eddie
by Gary Gildner
Providence down at The Terrys
by David Goguen
The Empire of the Singers, or A Desolate Place
by Bruce Lawder
The Pillar
by Bruce Lawder
The Statue
by Bruce Lawder
Our Last Stand
Finding Faith
by Chika Unigwe
Hybrid
Bloom
by K. E. Duffin
Circle
by K. E. Duffin
Inclined Plane
by K. E. Duffin
Beppino’s Sciamachy
Poetry
“For you, goddess of war and wisdom”
Translated from the ancient Greek by Brooks Haxton
Parable of the Moss Piglet
Dishing with the Shah of Iran
Sculptures for the Blind
Translated from the Polish by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough
An Inadequate Solution to a Persistent Problem
Homme au bain
Owl
After Matsubayashi’s Horses of Fukushima
by Knar Gavin
Vulture
by Knar Gavin
Late Elegy
Remorse
A Vase on a Shelf
Sparrow
Helen
You remember. Remember?
Paxton’s Seamstress Addresses the Poet
With Calliope Music Wheezing from Car Radios
Martini Time
by Eric McHenry
No Nose
by Eric McHenry
Upright/Downright
Castine
by D. Nurkse
Letter from the End of Time
by D. Nurkse
O Is the Sound of Tragedy
To Paula Alive in the Future
Broken Sonnet for the Universe
by Ira Sadoff
Indiana
by Ira Sadoff
Goatface
Tenants
by Jane Wong
Not going gentle. An exuberance of colors by cover and portfolio artist Anne Neely introduces a market square of comedy and contemplation, unexpected narrative pathways, and an insistent push into unfamiliar locales, literal and figurative. The issue features poems by Ira Sadoff, D. Nurkse, Jane Wong, and two dozen others; inventive fiction of every stripe, including work by Valerie Sayers, Bipin Aurora, and John Biguenet; as well as essays and hybrid prose by Xujun Eberlein, Donald Morrill, Bonnie Friedman, and more.
Editor
Sven Birkerts
Sven Birkerts
Founding Editor
Askold Melnyczuk
Askold Melnyczuk
Senior Editor
William Pierce
William Pierce
Poetry Editor
Sumita Chakraborty
Lynne Potts
Sumita Chakraborty, Lynne Potts
Fiction Editor
William Giraldi
Mary O'Donoghue
William Giraldi, Mary O'Donoghue
Nonfiction Editor
Jennifer Alise Drew
Jennifer Alise Drew
Blog Editor
David Ebenbach
David Ebenbach
Social (Twitter)
Rachel Mennies
Rachel Mennies
Newsletter Director
Alison Lanier
Alison Lanier
Marketing
Daniel Pritchard
Daniel Pritchard
Manuscript Reader
Brian Burt
Brian Burt
Galley Editors
Beth Romano
Christian Wessels
Beth Romano, Christian Wessels
Social (Facebook)
Effie Sapuridis
Effie Sapuridis
Editorial Assistants
Audrey Poe
Aanchal Narang
Leone Brander
Grace Yun
Lauren Peat
Zoe Stonetree
Bart Kuipers
Audrey Poe, Aanchal Narang, Leone Brander, Grace Yun, Lauren Peat, Zoe Stonetree, Bart Kuipers
Advisory Board
Leslie Epstein
Robert Pinsky
Rosanna Warren
Ha Jin
Leslie Epstein, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren, Ha Jin
Contributing Editors
Lucie Brock-Broido
John J. Clayton
William Corbett
Stuart Dischell
Sharon Dunn, ed. emerita
Anne Germanacos
Marie Howe
Diana Der-Hovanessian
Alex Johnson
Dana Levin
Fred Marchant
Fiona McCrae
Gail Mazur
Dzvinia Orlowsky
E.C. Osondu
Lia Purpura
George Scialabba
Tom Sleigh
Sue Standing
Oksana Zabuzhko
Lucie Brock-Broido, John J. Clayton, William Corbett, Stuart Dischell, Sharon Dunn, ed. emerita, Anne Germanacos, Marie Howe, Diana Der-Hovanessian, Alex Johnson, Dana Levin, Fred Marchant, Fiona McCrae, Gail Mazur, Dzvinia Orlowsky, E.C. Osondu, Lia Purpura, George Scialabba, Tom Sleigh, Sue Standing, Oksana Zabuzhko