ISSUES | fall 2018
41.3 (Fall 2018): “Practical Living”
Featuring the work of David Bergman, Jason Brown, Stephanie Carpenter, Dawn Davies, Ryan Dull, Gulchin A. Ergun, Gail Griffin, John James, and Kyle Minor. Featuring “Extremes: the Power of Scale in Art” and “Coco Chanel in Hollywood: Selling Movies through Fashion.”
CONTENT FROM THIS ISSUE
Reviews
Nov 27 2018
The End of the World as We Know It: Four Novels of Climate Change
Clade by James Bradley. Titan Books, 2015, 297 pp. $14.95 (paper). Beast by Paul Kingsnorth. Graywolf Press, 2016, 164 pp. $16 (paper). The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan. Hogarth, 2016,… read more
Foreword
Oct 30 2018
Foreword: Practical Living
Trends in international politics toward right-wing nationalism, racism in endlessly renewing guises, and the pursuit of material short-term gain regardless of what it does to the earth’s environment and national… read more
Fiction
Oct 30 2018
General: Unskilled
Mikey was on the road somewhere in Fountain Valley, looking for the 405, a ceramic saluki in his right hand and a big forced smile on his face, teeth and… read more
Fiction
Oct 30 2018
The Secret to Happiness
Withdrawal was always bad, and the jail didn’t make it easier. They put her in a room with a nurse who watched shows where they surprised people on a soundstage… read more
Fiction
Oct 30 2018
The Last Voyage of the Alice B Toklas
The writer lurched into the field, kicked a rotting log with the toe of his leather shoe, and yelped as he hopped on one foot. In his balled fist, he… read more
Poetry
Oct 30 2018
Poetry Feature: John James
Featuring the Poems:
Le Moribond
At Assateague
End
Nonfiction
Oct 30 2018
Afternoon with a Corpse
I skimmed the first two paragraphs of the fine print, then skipped the rest to sign at the bottom. The contract got me a membership in the gym and a… read more
Poetry
Oct 30 2018
Poetry Feature: David Bergman
Featuring the poems:
“The Man Who Heard Voices as a Child”
“The Man Who Felt No Pain”
“The Man Who Parted the Red Sea”
“The Man Who Never Existed”
Nonfiction
Oct 30 2018
Arrhythmia
You instantly wake. Sit up in immediate terror to a tiny swirling couple in spectator brogues kicking the inside walls of your heart to a frantic big-band beat that undeniably… read more
Poetry
Oct 30 2018
Poetry Feature: Gail Griffin
Featuring the poems:
“from Virginals: Elizabethan Interiors”
“Lion’s Cub”
“The Queen’s Bodies”
“Epic”
“The Late King’s Picture”
“Virgin”
“Master”
“Monster”