4 Vol. 20 Issue In this issue, Ben Weakley explores the promises made, kept, and broken in a marriage in four poems beginning with “Autumn, Arriving.” Sudha Subramanian considers how illness and treatment echo across generations in “Bhadrakali, The Fiery Indian Goddess.” And a family outing for chicken and fries turns into a complicated story about identity and longing in Geri Modell’s “Sunday Drive.”
4 Vol. 04 Issue In this issue, Lawrence Bridges proves “there’s not nothing today / by noting things that were and still are” in four poems beginning with “Ghost Love Child.” Bonnie Lander Johnson explores how the past and present collide in our understanding of tragedy—ours and those of the others—in “blackwhite.” And Annie Lindenberg explores a family Thanksgiving, dyed blue hair, a brother’s remission, and the virtue of IPAs in “From the Dinner Table.” This issue features EastOver garden images courtesy of WM Robinson.
3 Vol. 02 Issue In this issue, N. J. Campbell introduces us to a cartographer who roams the Alaskan bush and dodges a few near setbacks in “Alaska, 1951.” Shayla Hawkins relishes in the eroticism of food and other fruits in four poems beginning with “Vanilla.” These poems are excerpted from Hawkins’ full-length collection Exquisite by September, published this week by EastOver Press. And Diane Payne dreams of deaths that never happened in “Encounters.” This issue features photographs by Cutleaf editor WM Robinson.
2 Vol. 19 Issue In this issue, George Ella Lyon reveals the sacred rules of secrecy in three poems beginning with “Family Scripture.” William Woolfitt, in three essays beginning with “B is for Boxes,” explores his family history and examines how and if the past and present can be known from the available evidence. And Elise Gregory shares an excerpt from her forthcoming novel, The Clayfields. This issue features photographs by EastOver Press and Cutleaf editor Walter M. Robinson.
2 Vol. 18 Issue In this issue, Molly Gaudry explores what might have happened, what did happen, and the echoes that bounce back and forth between the two in “Origin Story: An Essay.” Dana Wildsmith converges sacred writings from the book of Romans and the words of Poe in two poems beginning with “Prayer.” And Louise Marburg’s “Dance Rockette” features a squabbling couple enveloped in a bombastic dinner party fueled by weed, booze, and a single lie. This issue features photographs by EastOver Press and Cutleaf editor Walter M. Robinson.
