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To Undesolate Another: The Surrealism of Jonathan Lethem’s “The Arrest”|James Butler-Gruett
The Arrest, in all its surreal narrative trappings, supercars, and Hollywood theatrics, wants to know if words can save us in a dystopia.… Read More To Undesolate Another: The Surrealism of Jonathan Lethem’s “The Arrest”|James Butler-Gruett

Issue 77 Contest Winners — ENCOUNTER & WONDER
Announcing the winners of our 2020 Contests in Flash Prose, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Fiction… Read More Issue 77 Contest Winners — ENCOUNTER & WONDER

Brass Atoms: An Interview with Samuel Rafael Barber | Jonathan Riccio
I stew with my material for a while. Really work on that broth. Through a combination of association and intentionality and mixed metaphors and a plastic wand within which fake flowers are revealed only if a certain button is pressed just so, the magic happens. Who can say how, or why?… Read More Brass Atoms: An Interview with Samuel Rafael Barber | Jonathan Riccio

eclipse in reverse | Joshua Garcia
the sacrament parts
from a tongue… Read More eclipse in reverse | Joshua Garcia


Bohemian Rhapsody–with Grubs | Kirsten Voris
Bermuda grass is a weed, in my mind. Something unwanted, with a root system extending 35 feet down into the bowels of the wash that runs through my neighborhood. A friend told me this, with a sad smile, when I mentioned to her that I pull it. … Read More Bohemian Rhapsody–with Grubs | Kirsten Voris