Editor’s Note by Kristina Marie Darling
Editorial Features
“Habits of Mind: Creative Practices toward Social Change: A Conversation with Kate Schapira” — curated by Mary-Kim Arnold
“Leave behind what you know: A Conversation with Alexandra Chang on Tomb Sweeping” — curated by Wendy Chen
“In Epic Waters: A Conversation with Nathaniel Rosenthalis on The Leniad“ — curated by Wendy Chen
“A Neverending Journey: A Conversation with Yilin Wang on The Lantern and the Night Moths” — curated by Wendy Chen
“What Does It Feel Like to Know You’re Talking to God: A Conversation with J.D. Schraffenberger on American Sad” — curated by Wendy Chen
“Survival itself becomes a miracle when you’re living at the end of the world: A Conversation with Alexander Sammartino on Last Acts” — curated by Wendy Chen
“High Lonesome: A Conversation with Allison Titus About Poetry, Silence, and Thresholds”— curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“The book aims to fulfill a cultural mission: A Conversation with Kalpna Singh-Chitnis About Poetry, Social Justice, and Transformation” — curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“Suddenly I land in that world: A Conversation with Nick Flynn About Collaboration & Hybridity”— curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“Take Two: A Conversation with Caroline & Vivian Thonger About Collaboration & Experimental Forms”—curated by Kristina Marie Darling
“Night, Brahms, Silence & Birds: A Conversation with Julia Guez”—curated by Lisa Olstein
“Like an Alphabet Somewhere Organizing & Reorganizing Itself: A Conversation with Katie Peterson”—curated by Lisa Olstein
“I Found a Home for Them in Poems: A Conversation with Michael Dumanis” — curated by Lisa Olstein
“Be Kind, Rewind—Where Poetry Meets Proust”: A Conversation with Katie Condon — curated by L.J. Sysko
“our ♥s odd & splendid wouldn’t u say . . .:A Conversation with Michael Chang about Synthetic Jungle”— curated by Tiffany Troy
“No moon tonight but the white bells of a woman’s eyes:A Conversation with Carlie Hoffman about When There Was Light” — curated by Tiffany Troy
“We’d sit around, sweating, at the table of sitting together: A Conversation with Matthew Lippman about We Are All Sleeping With Our Sneakers On”— curated by Tiffany Troy
“Company in the void: A Conversation with Catherine Barnett about Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space”— curated by Tiffany Troy
“A Conversation with Diane Mehta about myth, fallibility, and plot twists”— curated by Tiffany Troy
“Red is the highest hue in the rainbow: A Conversation with Rose McLarney about Colorfast”—curated by Tiffany Troy
“The Moon Between Them: A Conversation about Grief, Love, and Ill-Fitting Shoes with Lauren Aliza Green, author of The World After Alice”—curated by Tiffany Troy
Editors’ Selections in Poetry & Prose
Gale Batchelder—A Portfolio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Kristina Marie Darling
Daniel Borzutzky — “Fungus: A Poem in Five Acts”
Curated & introduced by Henk Rossouw
Roger Craik — A Portfolio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Maya Klinenberg — A Portfolio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Mina Khan — A Portfolio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Kyle Liang — A Portfolio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Juan Pablo Mobili — A Portfolio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Frederick Speers — A Portfolio of Poetry
Curated & introduced by Kristina Marie Darling
Claire Tuna—“Serendipity and Mishap in the Work of Ed Ruscha”
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Abigail Ardelle Zammit — “Ruta 27”
Curated & introduced by Kristina Marie Darling
Editors Selections in Translation
Jaewon Che—from How do u want me (working title) — translated from the Korean by Jenny Jisun Kim with Translators’ Note
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Yuan Ch’iung-ch’iung— “Women” — translated from the Chinese by Enshia Li
Curated & introduced by Tiffany Troy
Gioele Galea — A Portfolio of Poetry — translated from the Maltese by Abigail Ardelle Zammit
Curated & introduced by Kristina Marie Darling
Robert Eric Shoemaker — from The Lorca Book
Curated & introduced by Naoko Fujimoto
Editor’s Selections in Visual Art
Each artist selected & introduced by Mary Kathryn Jablonski
Collaborative & Cross-Disciplinary Texts
Chinese Artists & Organizers Collective — “Undying Springs: Translated Community Poetry & Photography”
Harrison Candelaria Fletcher — “Excavation” & “Crossing”
Joshua Gottlieb-Miller & Philip Karjeker — “The Art of the Spiel: Idols”
The Poetics of Alterity: Three Folios
Alterity & Emergence: A Feminist Folio
Curated & introduced by Karla Kelsey
Claire Marie Stancek
from of care as of this encounter
María Baranda
from Atlantica and the Rustic
Translated from Spanish by Lara Crystal-Ornelas
poupeh missaghi
from Flowers in Bloom an UnBordered Encyclopedia
پامچال / Pamtchal / Primrose
Anna Mendelssohn
What a Performance | Extracts
Edited and Introduced by Sara Crangle
Carla Harryman
from Scales for the Living
Carla Harryman & Jon Raskin
Performance of “Bearings” from Scales for the Living
Alterity & History
Curated & introduced by Wendy Chen
Patrick Dundon — “When I Miss Them I Pretend They Don’t Exist & “First Love”
Emelie Griffin — “Winter Where I am” & “Aspects of the Feminine”
Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez — “Examination of Candy, Island Witch”
Andrew Nicholson — “First Principles” & “Etymology”
Jan Verberkmoes — “White Dreams the Deer,” “Bubo bubo tibetanus / Eurasian Eagle-owl / Uhu” & “Grus nigricollis / Black-necked Crane / Schwarzhalskranich”
kathy wu — “White Asters,” “Tu,” “Moon / Mom,” & “Rhodendendron”
Nine Windows 九叶窗
Curated & introduced by Ming Di
Katica Kulavkova
from N. Macedonia writing in Macedonian
Keshab Sigdel
from Nepal writing in Nepali
Gouthama Siddarthan
from India writing in Tamil
Mong San
from Myanmar writing in Arakan
Rui Cóias
from Portugal writing in Portuguese
Asu Sumur
from China writing in Xibe and Chinese
Adaw Palaf
from Taiwan writing in Chinese and Amis
Dulce Chiang
from Mexico writing in Spanish and English
Jiaoyang Li
from China writing in English and Chinese
TQ32 Poetry Prize
Winner
KB Kinkel — “The Spirit Too Has Mastered Its Illusions”
Judge’s Citation by Oliver de la Paz
Finalists
Ayesha Asad — “Father Fish II”
Alison Granucci — A Portfolio of Poetry
Nadine Hitchener — “Night Errands”
Sati Mookherjee — “Masnawī in Teental”
SJ Pearce — “Couplet with Federico Garcia Lorca’s ‘Ode to Walt Whitman’”
Brian Simoneau — “To the Museum of Natural History Docent”
Abigail Ardelle Zammit — “A Portfolio of Poetry”
TQ32 Prose Open Prize
Winner
Rebecca Jamieson — “Sewing White Supremacy”
Judge’s Citation by Nick Flynn
Finalists
Alana Dao — “Feeding the Ducks”
Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda — “Suppli”
Kelle Groom — “Life on Another Planet”
Hannah Choteau Merriman — “In the Queue”
George Young — “Three Triptychs”
A Celebration of Literary Criticism
Shannon Vare Christine on Adrie Kusserow’s The Trauma Mantras
Shannon Vare Christine on What Happened Was by Katharine Haake
Shannon Vare Christine on Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis
Karin Falcone on An Eye in Each Square by Lauren Camp & Extraordinary Tides by Pattie McCarthy
Sandra Fees on Stephen Massimilla’s Frank Dark
Jenny Grassl on Robert Carr’s The Heavy of Human Clouds
Danielle Hanson on Clifford Garstang’s The Last Bird of Paradise
A.E. Hines on Russell Karrick’s The Way Back
A.E. Hines on Morri Creech’s The Sentence