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 the present can be known from the available evidence.
And Elise Gregory shares an excerpt from her forthcoming novel, The Clayfields. In the excerpted chapter, “The Bonfire,” we’re introduced to Lupine — a gangly, smart, and tough farmgirl whose presence throughout the novel reminds us that every encounter has a great potential for risk and reward.
This issue features photographs by EastOver Press and Cutleaf editor Walter M. Robinson.