AGNI 98
Contents
Editor's Note
Fiction
You're Pinocchio, I'm Geppetto, and We Dance
by Ramón Isao
As Evident by Her Numinous Flaws
Honey Valley
Didi
Essays
A Poetry Reading in Diyarbakir
Being With
Afterlives
by Sarah Khatry
My Misogyny
by Mara Naselli
Zugunruhe
Hybrid
Le jour
Poetry
Creation Myth for Bald Girls
by Ruth Awad
In Which My Horns Were Forged, Not Given
by Ruth Awad
First Philosophy
Myth
by Leila Chatti
O
by Leila Chatti
Untitled 1975–86
Omaha Divorce
Time Can't Erase, Together
Poem in Which I Have Doubts and Then Some Faith
Poem in Which I Try to Be Social
Insatiable
by R. K. Fauth
Rind
by R. K. Fauth
An October Almanac
Maria Nepomuceno—Out of the window 3 (2021)
To Hear, at This Window, Bare-Throated Bellbirds
A White Horse Is Not a Horse
by Angelo Mao
Blueberry Picking
by Sharon Olds
I Remember It
by Sharon Olds
Not Writing
by Sharon Olds
Every Poem I Write to You Is an Aubade
Biographia Literaria
Paradise Lost
The Immortal Marsyas
The Danubian Principalities' Horse
Translated from the Greek by Jennifer R. Kellogg
Afternoon with Afternoon in Naples with a Black Maid by Paul Cezanne, by Katana Smith
by Katana Smith
The Kiss
by Katana Smith
The Hush
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
An Underworld
The Sound of Children Screaming Has Been Removed
Consequences. AGNI 98 fronts the world as we find it, parsing enigmas and celebrating the drive to engage necessary truths. Essays by Mara Naselli and Peter Balakian take on misogyny and cultural suppression. Poems by Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Rochelle Hurt, jason b. crawford, and Sharon Olds probe the surprising energies of duress, while stories by Lucy Sweeney Byrne and Mylene Fernández Pintado (in Dick Cluster’s translation) test commitments to decisions made. Cover artist Eva Lundsager sets the tone, finding motion in landscapes at the edge.
Editors
Sven Birkerts
William Pierce
Sven Birkerts, William Pierce
Senior Editor
Shuchi Saraswat
Shuchi Saraswat
Senior Fiction Editor
Mary O'Donoghue
Mary O'Donoghue
Senior Poetry Editor
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs
Poetry Editor
Jessica Q. Stark
Jessica Q. Stark
Nonfiction Editor
Kelle Groom
Kelle Groom
Editor at Large
Julia Brown
Julia Brown
Reviews Editor
Rachel Mennies
Rachel Mennies
Blog Editors
Ryan Choi
Grace Singh Smith
Ryan Choi, Grace Singh Smith
Asst. Fiction Editors
Ben Black
Amber Caron
Ariel Courage
Ben Black, Amber Caron, Ariel Courage
Assoc. Poetry Editor
Esteban Rodriguez
Esteban Rodriguez
Asst. Poetry Editors
Dorsey Craft
Jenny George
Rachel Mennies
Dorsey Craft, Jenny George, Rachel Mennies
Newsletter Founder
Alison Lanier
Alison Lanier
Newsletter Introductions
Arielle Kaplan
Arielle Kaplan
Social (Facebook)
Effie Sapuridis
Effie Sapuridis
Blog Assistant
Cynthia Ayeza
Cynthia Ayeza
Social (Twitter)
Esteban Rodriguez
Arielle Kaplan
Esteban Rodriguez, Arielle Kaplan
Social (Instagram)
Sven Birkerts
Ariel Courage
Sven Birkerts, Ariel Courage
Editorial Assistants
Cynthia Ayeza
Rachel M. Dillon
Ifeanyi Ekpunobi
Eitan Sengupta
Michael Campbell
Gene Wang
Cynthia Ayeza, Rachel M. Dillon, Ifeanyi Ekpunobi, Eitan Sengupta, Michael Campbell, Gene Wang
Founding Editor
Askold Melnyczuk
Askold Melnyczuk
Advisory Board
Leslie Epstein
Ha Jin
Robert Pinsky
Rosanna Warren
Leslie Epstein, Ha Jin, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren
Contributing Editors
Sumita Chakraborty
John J. Clayton
Stuart Dischell
Jennifer Alise Drew
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
Sumita Chakraborty, John J. Clayton, Stuart Dischell, Jennifer Alise Drew, 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
Typesetting & Design
Gian Lombardo / Quale Press
Gian Lombardo / Quale Press