Nonfiction

Commencement by Sara Davis

Letter to My Mother by Jacqueline Goyette

Old Gods by Rose McMackin

Two Truths and a Lie by Mauri Pollard Johnson

The Second Handle by Cila Warncke

All the Lines I Missed by Lauren D. Woods

Penance by Ecem Yücel

Poetry

Dear by Rasma Haidri

Birth Control by Rebecca Hawkes

Michael Says We Can’t Go Home ‘Til We Catch the Catfish by Martin Hopson

Icaria by Korey Hurni

At the Service Academy by Patrick Kindig

The Sacrifice of Small Things by Robbie Mata

Daughterhood as Blood Oath by Mary Maxfield

Poised Between Two Doors by Simone Muench & Jackie K. White

Haibun for when my father does yoga for the first time by Rukan Saif

My girlfriend threw up on every carnival ride we went on, without exception by Katie Jean Shinkle

Offertory by Brian Woerner

Art Gallery

Cover art: “The Hedges” by Kel Hudson

“Empire” & “Leaning House” by Albert John (A.J.) Belmont

“Expression No. 15” & “Expression No. 27” by Laura Tafe

“Starling Quilt” & “Patient” by Camilla Taylor

Masthead

Editor-in-Chief – Taylor Schaefer

Managing Editor – Jacob Sharp
Poetry Editor – Tori Reynolds
Assistant Poetry Editor – Taylor Franson-Thiel
Fiction Editor – Connor Harding
Assistant Fiction Editor – Scott Hovdey
Nonfiction Editor – Faith Palermo
Assistant Nonfiction Editor – Austin LaVigne
Website Editor – Elena Macdonald
Social Media Editor – Nicholas Ritter
Layout and Design Editor – Bri Chapman
Incarcerated Writers Project Coordinators – Katey Funderburgh & Maya Gudapati

Faculty Advisor  – Jason Hartsel

Art Editorial Team

Taylor Schaefer, Jacob Sharp, Tori Reynolds, Austin LaVigne, Elena Macdonald

Readers

Matti Ben-Lev, McKenan Bundy, Bri Chapman, Kale Connerty, Sydney Floyd, Serena Grant, Jaime Goh, Georga Hackworth, Griffin Hamstead, Katherine Harnisch, Alexander Holcomb, Scott Hovdey, McKinley Johnson, Marissa Joyce, Klara Kalu, Lee Krauss, Judy Lesserman, Elena Macdonald, Chris Mcglone, Thomas Mckenzie, K.R. Mullins, Isabella Newman, Martheaus Perkins, Laura Pixley, Camille Rimbawa, Sophia Ross, Kylie Smith, Eunice Tan, Emily Weisenberger, Radhika Wheelock, Grace Wood