Autumn 2021

Table of Contents

Also available as an audio issue and by podcast.

Editorial

Time to Embark | Caroline Langston

Poetry

In the Forest & Passing Away | Ed Meek

Naaman Hits Bottom | Jacqueline Wallen

Her Abundance | Kate Maxwell

Around | Victoria Crawford

Who Will Be at My Funeral? | Diana Raab

Rulers of the Ruins & Taste of the Dream | Fabrice Poussin

A Protestant Attends a Funeral Mass | Susan Delaney Spear

Blue Orchids & The Sailors’ Church | Fiona Vigo Marshall

Find Yourself & Easter Fools | Jeremy Szuder

Fiction

The Children of the Sun Begin to Wake | Chad Holley

Nonfiction

Wood Heat | Basira Harpster

Visual Art

Two Series: Acetabulum (Vinegar Cup)

& Nearness Distanced to Presence

Corey S. Frey

Interview

A Conversation with Dancer Emily Wright

On dance as a heightened form of attention and a vehicle for making meaning together.

Contemplative Practice

Moving Meditation | Emily Wright

The moving body as contemplative practice and creative exploration.

Cover Art: Corey S. Frey, Acetabulum (Vinegar Cup)

Graphic Design: Rebecca Thongkham

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