AGNI 90
Contents
Editor's Note
Fiction
An Accident
by Makie Blake
Never the Same Way Twice
by Maud Casey
Tomorrow
Just Visiting
The Eagle over the Funeral in the Shearing Shed
How to Blow Up a Beaver Lodge
by Mary Kuryla
Summer of Lucky
Fine Feathers
The Way We Live Now
Essays
Out of Hand
The Cracked and the Crazed
Having a Cake and Eating It, Too
Summer of ’83
Byron Was Here
Hybrid
Late Night at The Little Star
Poetry
Praise for Lukewarm Tortilla Soup & Dog Hair on the Upholstery
It’s Important I Remember That History Is All a Big Misunderstanding—
It’s Important I Remember That Thomas Jefferson Was a Rapist—
The Ground and the Sky Go Together
from The Umbrian Sonnets
The Kraken’s Lair
The Dream Called Us
by Emily Fragos
Ghazal: takhulus
In the Freezer
The Secret
Queens of Nights
Still
Coronulinae
by Jenna Le
I Imagine the Butches’ Stripper Bar
The Lies of Love
by David Mura
The Awful Truth
And He Will Guide My Craft
by Kevin Prufer
Fears
by Kevin Prufer
A Little Learning
Il Ratto di Proserpina
by Thom Schramm
The Absent Father
Ode to Kanye West’s Colonized Mind on the Hundredth Recommendation for My Son to Read Richard Wright’s Native Son, the Only Book I Will Never Give Him
by Hope Wabuke
Amour-Propre
by Noah Warren
Conservation of Force
by Noah Warren
The Classical Tradition
by Noah Warren
A Darker Art
Mirrors of experience, refractions of the heart. Imagine assembling a kaleidoscope with a trove of colored gems, then looking into the eyepiece. From the deeply vibrant color fields of artist Laurie Goddard’s cover and portfolio, to—among many riches—moving and finely worked essays by Rilla Askew, Clifford Thompson, and Jodie Vinson; strong-torquing poems by Hope Wabuke, Noah Warren, and Kevin Prufer; and stories by Lavinia Liang, Crystal Wilkinson, and Stephen Dixon, AGNI 90 circles through a vast emotional spectrum and leaves you feeling the world has been mysteriously rearranged.
Editors
Sven Birkerts
William Pierce
Sven Birkerts, William Pierce
Nonfiction Editor
Jennifer Alise Drew
Jennifer Alise Drew
Poetry Editors
Sumita Chakraborty
Lynne Potts
Sumita Chakraborty, Lynne Potts
Fiction Editor
William Giraldi
Mary O'Donoghue
William Giraldi, Mary O'Donoghue
Reviews Editor
Rachel Mennies
Rachel Mennies
Blog Editors
Grace Singh Smith
Courtney Sender
Grace Singh Smith, Courtney Sender
Newsletter Director
Alison Lanier
Alison Lanier
Marketing
Daniel Pritchard
Daniel Pritchard
Galley Editors
Beth Romano
Christian Wessels
Beth Romano, Christian Wessels
Social (Facebook)
Effie Sapuridis
Effie Sapuridis
Editorial Assistants
Audrey Poe
Grace Yun
Leone Brander
Aditya Gandhi
Tyler Dunston
Anna Prawdzik
Audrey Poe, Grace Yun, Leone Brander, Aditya Gandhi, Tyler Dunston, Anna Prawdzik
Advisory Board
Leslie Epstein
Robert Pinsky
Rosanna Warren
Ha Jin
Leslie Epstein, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren, Ha Jin
Contributing Editors
John J. Clayton
Stuart Dischell
Sharon Dunn, ed. Emerita
Anne Germanacos
Marie Howe
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
John J. Clayton, Stuart Dischell, Sharon Dunn, ed. Emerita, Anne Germanacos, Marie Howe, 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