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We wanted to introduce or reintroduce ourselves to you here at the start of the year. Here are some good news and goings-on from our staff (we’re writers too!).

As part of our series From Our Contributors, Rage Hezekiah explains the background behind her poem “Sex Education.”

Those of you who have followed the CR for awhile likely know that our summer contest is named for Robert and Adele Schiff, whose names are also on a foundation that gives the magazine a great deal of support. We wanted to take the opportunity to say a little more about them, in particular about Adele, who passed away in late April.

A microreview of Of Color (McSweeney’s, 2020) and interview with Jaswinder Bolina. “The book is the culmination of almost ten years of accidental prose. ….”

Continuing our series from our contributors to Issue 17.1, today we feature Leah Umansky, who reads her poems from our pages but also describes the project they’re from, Of Tyrant.

Contributor Adam O. Davis explains the impetus behind his poem in our pages, “Weather Apothecary,” and shares some illustrative photos.

We’re happy to be able to share this video version of Debra Ramsay’s artist’s statement, explaining her approach to the craft and her inspirations.

A series of clips from David Lazar to accompany his essay on Oscar Levant in our latest issue.

In playwright Tanya Everett’s A Dead Black Man, Everett gives voice to the idea of the dead black man, making him an essential character in the play. Thoroughly impressed and moved by Everett’s work, I’m grateful I had the opportunity to interview her in late May for The Cincinnati Review: