A Celebration of Literary & Arts Journalism

Editor’s Note by Kristina Marie Darling

It is an honor and a delight to introduce TQ’s “Celebration of Literary and Arts Journalism.” We are thrilled to offer feature interviews with Lauren Westerfield, Kevin Gallagher, Elizabeth Jacobsen, and Brandel France de Bravo. And it’s a privilege to highlight new books by Stelios Mormoris, Lisa Russ Spaar, Melora Wolff, Geoffrey Gatza, Dana Gioia, Alison Stone, Roberto Tejada, and Lise Goett. Thank you to the talented book critics who make features like this one possible. Happy summer, and enjoy!

Feature Interviews

“Suddenness Set Free: A Conversation with Lauren Westerfield on DEPTH CONTROL” — curated by Mary Kim Arnold

“Archaeologies of mourning: A Conversation with Kevin Gallagher” — curated by Kristina Marie Darling

“There Are as Many Songs in the World as Branches of Coral–POETRY AS INTIMATE BALM: An Interview with Elizabeth Jacobson — curated by Lizzy Itkin

Movement, Form, and Devotion in Locomotive Cathedral: An Interview with Brandel France de Bravo — curated by Lizzy Itkin

Reviews, Essays, & Literary Criticism

Two Critical Takes: Robert Dunsdon & Aline Soules on Perishable by Stelios Mormoris

Observations and Astonishments: Rebecca Kaiser Gibson on Lisa Russ Spaar’s Paradise Close

Kristina Marie Darling on Bequeath by Melora Wolff

Lise Goett on Roberto Tejada’s Carbonate of Copper

H.L. Hix on Geoffrey Gatza’s Self Geofferential

K.B. Kinkel on Lesley Wheeler’s Mycocosmic

Leslie Friedman on Weep, Shudder Die by Dana Gioia

Cheryl Ann Passanisi on Alison Stone’s Informed

Cheryl Ann Passanisi on Kevin Gallagher’s And Yet It Moves

Heather H. Thomas on The Radiant by Lise Goett