In this all flash nonfiction issue, Andrew Bertaina thinks through what it means to be real in “Contingent Faculty.” Jackie Sizemore recalls what was never mentioned again in “Undercurrent.” And Anne Anthony gives advice born of experience in “Guidance for the Wide-Eyed Social Work Intern.”

Featured art: Ochiai Yoshiiku

Clear Shadows (Kumanaki kage, 1867) is a compilation of silhouette portraits depicting members of the kyōga-awase club by the artist Ochiai Yoshiiku (1833–1904), which includes short biographies, picture riddles, and poems. [via Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kumanaki-kage/]

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