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Issue 22

Dear Readers,

Summer is a season of remembering, and many of the pieces in Issue 22 recreate the surreal landscape of youth. There is magic, yes, and a certain dreaminess that fades with time, but also confusion, fear, fragility. Potent longing. Wild rage. Cutting shame. Nascent power. Many of us can’t help but return to our early lives, wading through memories that ripple across the years, soaked in lakewater and sunlight.

Reading is much like dreaming, too. In these stories, an immortal centaur lives at the bottom of a Californian canyon but only speaks ancient Greek. A young Indian girl falls into a pond flooded with tears from a mythical queen. A collective of expat mothers raise their children by the Isar River in the Bavarian countryside. A spontaneous canoe trip down the nostalgic Mississippi goes awry. And in poems and essays, writers reflect on their childhood selves, teenage struggles, and adult healing, as well as the power of women to give light to the world.

I hope these pieces ripple through you and stir your own memories and imaginings. As the poet Mary Oliver writes, And still, pressed deep into my mind, the river / keeps coming, touching me, passing by on its / long journey, its pale, infallible voice / singing.

Sincerely, 
Amy Dupcak

Issue 22

July 2024

Poems

Short Stories

Personal Essays

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Photo taken in Bali, Indonesia by Kelly Rathbone Rebo. 

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