After Jennifer S. Cheng 1: the sea captured in a glass 2: a homophone for having enough for leftovers, a synonym for abundance 3: the fish, who have already forgotten you. It’s not personal 4: where memory fails, there’s still imagining 5: you. Not as an ocean but outside 6: glass and/or acrylic
Read MoreWhat is it about the genre or cross-genre you write in that interests you/draws you in? I write in all genres, and I’m often most interested in the similarities and differences between
What is it about the genre or cross-genre you write in that interests you/draws you in? I’m most drawn to poems which are written for the ear and invite out-loud readings. I
THOMAS MIRA Y LOPEZ is the author of The Book of Resting Places (Counterpoint 2017). His work has appeared in The Georgia Review, The American Scholar, and The Kenyon Review Online, among others. He is an editor
What is it about the genre or cross-genre you write in that interests you/draws you in? A lot of poetry can be stuck inside an echo chamber of self-admiration. That doesn’t interest
What is it about the genre or cross-genre you write in that interests you/draws you in? Fiction is just a quilt of all our own life experiences. It’s the truths we know
What is it about the genre or cross-genre you write in that interests you/draws you in? The way that words have heft and feel and how such heft and feel can be
What is it about the genre or cross-genre you write in that interests you/draws you in? I’m drawn to how a poem is an act of compression — that is, how an
Winner of the Zone 3 First Book Award, CAIT WEISS ORCUTT’s work has been published in The Boston Review, Chautauqua, FIELD, Prelude, and more. The founder of the Writers Guild Community Creative
We’re delighted to announce our nominations for the 2017 Pushcart Prize. While we’re excited by all the work we publish, we’re proud to recognize these pieces that appeared in Issues 71 and