Welcome to Issue Forty-Nine

“I see gossip as being inherent to writing. The desire or need or both to share our stories. And on the other end: a want to be heard and to listen. Whether…

A Conversation with Rachel Edelman

Rachel Edelman is a Jewish poet raised in Memphis, Tennessee whose writing explores diasporic living. Their debut collection of poems, Dear Memphis, was published in January 2024 and is now available from…

Blue on a Blue Palette: Putting It Together

The great poet, Lucille Clifton, once said (and, of course, I’m paraphrasing) that when she thought she had a sufficient number of poems to complete a collection, she spread the poems across…