ISSUES | spring 2019

It could be argued that in earlier centuries the sciences evolved no more quickly than other areas of thought. Until the Enlightenment was well under way, there were significant gains…    read more

Many things lay buried beneath the fields of the Gillie farm: splintered seed dibblers tangled in sorrel root, Ute arrowheads, their edges chipped by plows, snapped cattle bones, and the…    read more

My assistant, Boris, came flapping through my front door like an injured raven, one arm clasped to his side, the other flailing widely. He was dressed all in black, head…    read more

For so gentle and cautious a man, he provoked strong responses from the beginning. At twenty-three he was kicked out of Amsterdam’s Jewish community with impressive ceremony. An incensed Most…    read more

In the mornings she liked to go jogging. That was the word for it, a leisurely loping across the tracks and up the hill to Highland. She couldn’t quite call…    read more

Featuring the poems: “In the Lead Humvee on MSR Tampa” “Night Ambush” “Redeployment Counseling” “Hurry Up and Wait” “Stolen Valor” “First Kill” “When I Was Ten I Was My Father”

BRB was driving to New Morning Market with her daughter when she heard a rustle from the trunk. The child, almost three and stunning in a way that made BRB…    read more

I signed up for this surgery, believe it or not, just nine days after Susie and I returned to Santa Fe from Mike’s trial. Mike, our oldest. Michael Jr. Twelve…    read more

Featuring the poems: “Queen Anne’s Lace” “Conte de Fées” “Scheria” “Amor Veneris” “Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre”

Featuring the poems: [My first crush was Wild Bill. . . .] [His body was barely cold. . . .] [I can’t see her clearly. . . .] [I can’t…    read more