About the Cover
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.
AQR Vol. 41, No. 3 & 4, Summer/Fall 2025
Table of Contents
NOVELLA
Stories
Essays
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 Heading Out to Sea, José A. Alcántara
Happy, in Spite of It All Letter to Time, Alison Prine
Ruins and a Radio, Maya Janson
A Voice Without Words, Kat Cameron
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.