The Freedom in Confinement

Summer 2020

The Midwest

Alpharetta

“Naturally, we feared that some form of retribution would be waiting for us, but to our relief we didn’t see Daddy Perry again until suppertime.”

What Time Is It?

A history of the world in one year

Viral Days

Responses to Our Spring 2020 Issue

Journey Interrupted

Western Sahara: A Fragile Peace

As an unofficial state, Western Sahara doesn’t really exist—and being tiny and well behaved, it is easy to ignore.

Five Sonnets
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On Peeling Potatoes, Dandelions (III), Gross National Unhappiness, Face of the Bee, and Keep Me

Cudillero

“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Keepers of the Old Ways

Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

Casa Gorín

“The Purse-Seine” by Robinson Jeffers

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Birthday Boy

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Amy Wetsch

Life, magnified

New Year, Old Year

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