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About the cover and photographer
A garden in Anchorage yielded carrots of many shapes.
© 2025 Erik Hill
Erik Hill is an Anchorage, Alaska photographer. Following four years at the Kansas City Star, he worked from 1984–2017 as a photographer for the Anchorage Daily News. Among his many memorable assignments, his collaborative work with two colleagues documenting the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath was a fi nalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Table of Contents
NOVELLA
Estrangement Gregory, Blake Smith
STORIES
No Pets Allowed, Joan Murray
Creosote, Andrew Porter
A Pear-Tree Story, Michael O’Brien
Creosote, Alice Hatcher
Marl, Cary Holladay
ESSAYS
Obdulio’s Roses, Philip Pardi
The Season of Birds and Stones, Yelizaveta P. Renfro
The Stroke Escape, Mark Brazaitis
POEMS
The Bra Is the Hardest Part, Jackie Craven
Firmament, Virginia Konchan
Time Out, David Lehman
Psalm 56, Thea Matthews
Shelter, Carolina Hotchandani
At the National Gallery East, Shara McCallum
After Ben Shahn’s Scorched Earth, Julia Lisella
Xibalbá :: Consume, Felicia Zamora
Earthly Rhythms on the mountain top, Lo Naylor
Post-Truth, Richard Spilman
Site-Faith, Bruce Beasley
Inconstancy is the Teacher of the Soul, Timothy Liu
Plot, Sarah Seybold
Mrs. Carson, Sarah Seybold
Heading Out to Sea, José A. Alcántara
Happy, in Spite of It All, José A. Alcántara
Letter to Time, Alison Prine
Ruins and a Radio, Maya Janson
A Voice Without Words, Kat Cameron
On the Path to Totality, Susan Cohen
In a Work Meeting I Become a Holy Statue Weeping Blood, Jeff Whitney
Autumnal, Wendy Wisner
If Wishes Were Roses, If Roses Were Stars, John Hodgen
Pro-Choice, Sophie Klahr