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Editor's Note

Poems
Anne Waldmanfrom Dark Arcana/Afterimage or Glow
Martin Corless-Smithfrom Nota
Jason ZuzgaFour Poems
Eugene OstashevskyTwo Poems
Eleni SikelianosThe Consolation of Philosophy
Ted MathysThree Poems
Tom HoracekThe Double
Sarah GambitoTwo Poems
Jibade-Khalil Huffman   Four Poems
Jim BehrleMouth to Mouth
Richard ForemanUntitled
Lisa LubaschTwo Poems
J. Eric SchwererBio Colada
Susan M. SchultzThe New York School
Saho SuzukiTomato Bruised
Joshua Coreyfrom Severance Songs
Eric GelsingerThe Forest of Literature
Joshua BeckmanUntitled
Neal GillSignature
Elizabeth RobinsonWhose Monster's Noise and Weather
Chris StroffolinoOften I am Permitted to Return to a Dim Land of Peace
Michael IvesThe Doric Invasions
Debora KuanFor Jules and Jim
Graham FoustTwo Poems
Gian LombardoPartial Rhythm, Primate Laughing
Karen L. AndersonJournal of Arid Environments
Paul Foster Johnson   Cold War Literature
Ben DoyleWalt Whitman
Claudia RankineFour Poems
C. Mikal OnessTwo Poems
Rodney PhillipsTwo Poems
Adam Munsey TobinTwo Poems
Tony TostUntitled
David AndrewsTwo Poems
Michael FarrellUntitled
Frederick SeidelLove Song
Judith Katz-LevineTwo Poems
Henri ColeMiddle Earth
Brian YoungSwill

Fiction
Sean CaseyInvincible Puberty
Amy ShepherdLove in the Country
Constantine EvansThe Turn of the Susan: A Bagatelle
Jeff JohnsonDid You Know?
Morgan BeattyMy Aptitude

Art
Feature Organized by Jay Sanders

Other
Kristin PrevalletWriting Is Never by Itself Alone: Six Mini-Essays on Relational Investigative Poetics
"Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Newspeak": Reclaiming Rhetoric and What Artists Can Do Now, Part I
"Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Newspeak": Reclaiming Rhetoric and What Artists 143 Can Do Now, Part II
Eleni Sikelianos &
Chris Stroffolino
The Second Time as Farce: Three Essays on Art and Political History