Editor’s Note by Kristina Marie Darling
Editorial Features
It All Coheres: An Interview with Dan Beachy-Quick & a Portfolio of New Translations — curated by Nancy Naomi Carlson
“America Never Lets You Get Comfortable in Your Own Skin,” a Conversation with Paisley Rekdal on Her Book, Appropriate—curated by Victoria Chang
“Body as an Instrument”: An Interview with Nathaniel Rosenthalis — curated by Wendy Chen
Flash Fiction, Collage & Snap Shots: A Conversation with Kim Chinquee about her new book, SNOWDOG – curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“In service of some larger narrative”: A Conversation with Henry Hoke – curated by Kristina Marie Darling
Labor, Ideas of Home, & Storytelling: A Conversation with Hayden Bergman & A Folio of New Poetry – curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“My activism is rooted in love”: A Conversation with Poet & Actress Nehassaiu deGannes About Her New Book, Music for Exile – curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“Poetry is about play”: A Conversation with Terese Svoboda about Theatrix: Poetry Plays & a Short Film – curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“Fire is a breath of sparks”— Interview with Nahua poet Martin Tonalmeyotl — curated by Ming Di
Rice cooker poetry and bamboophobia — An Interview with Burmese/Myanmar poet Ko Ko Thett – curated by Ming Di
“An eleven-fold self”: A Micro-Interview with Sasha Steensen – curated by Lisa Olstein
“I Had a Kinetic Feeling”: A Micro-Interview with Diane Seuss – curated by Lisa Olstein
A New Relationship of Presence: An Interview with Nick Maione – conducted by Zach Savich
Editors’ Selections in Poetry & Prose
Mary-Kim Arnold – “Soon”
Curated & Introduced by Wendy Chen
Shou Jie Eng – “Four Divers”
Curated & introduced by Seth Brady Tucker
Melissa Ginsburg – A Folio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Emma Bolden
Eileen G’Sell – “Nooners”
Curated & introduced by Dora Malech
Amanda Gunn – A Folio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Dora Malech
Elizabeth A.I. Powell – “LOVE SONG OF JFK TWA TERMINAL: A CROWN“
Curated & introduced by Kristina Marie Darling
Lee Sharkey – A Folio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Kristina Marie Darling
Editors’ Selections in Visual Art
Each artist chosen & introduced by Elaine Sexton.
Collaborative & Cross-Disciplinary Texts
Alexandra Huddleston & Robert Huddleston — from Tetralogy
Christine Hume & Laura Larson — “All the Women I Know”
JT Faccone, Thomas Gardner, & Alex Hild — Three Poetry Films: “Sundays, October 2,” “Sundays, December 4,” & “Sundays, October 16”
Mary Kathryn Jablonski & Laura Frare – Two Short Films: “All Souls” & “Two Roads / One Road”
The TQ23 Poetry Open Prize
Winner
Judge’s Citation by Major Jackson
Naima Yael Tokunow — “Given Name: Listerine Woods”
Runners-up
Rachel Abramowitz – “I Don’t Know Any Gods”
Loisa Fenichell – “Scene XXXV”
Finalists
Rachel Abramowitz — “So He Thought”
Eric Burger — “The Boy Who Has Seen It All”
Alex Chertok — “It’s time to write poems now about my father” and “Alzheimer’s pantoum”
Peter Krumbach — “Life Insurance (Free Consultation)” & “Explaining Marriage to an Alien”
Jed Myers — “Lamb of God X: After a Next Beheading”
Christopher Salerno — “Portrait Mode”
Naima Yael Tokunow — “Given Name: Effigee Sampson”
Semifinalists
Erin Carlyle — “A Brief History”
Lyn Li Che — “One of the Good Ones” & “Prey (your hands moved through me”
Ruth Danon — “How We Live Now”
Lara Egger — “Curriculum Vitae”
Laura Joyce-Hubbard — “Necklace”
Sarah Maclay — “After Vuillard”
Jessica O. Marsh — “Persistance”
Kat Neis — “Aubade Between Two Countries” & “Nocturne”
The TQ23 Prose Open Prize
Winner
Judge’s Citation by Jennifer Percy
Arianna Reiche — “The Nebbish”
Finalists
Michelle Blake — “The River (III) & (IV)”
Mary Pacifico Curtis — “Ephphatha”
Libby Falk Jones — “Hunger in Sixteen Courses”
Laura Joyce-Hubbard — “Chambers of Pressure”
Translation
Horacio Cavallo — “The Taste of Snow” — translated by Travis Price
Emilian Galaicu-Păun — “[the thermometer in my armpit; as if a transfusion]” & “[good god! I’m no longer]” — translated by Adam J. Sorkin, Lidia Vianu, & Rareșa Galaicu
Darby Jo — “The Debt Collector” — translated by Deborah Kim
Sunwoo Kim — “Mount Bindung” — translated by Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill
Ulalume González de León — “Oracle” & “In Search of Lost Time” — translated by John Johnson
Mariano Zaro — from Padre Tierra — translated by Blas Falconer