From our Contributors

Contributor Christine Hale looks closely at grief and creativity by way of “Gemels,” a poem by her late husband, Kevin McIlvoy.

Ravi Mangla shares an unusual recipe for pesto.

“Not everyone will walk away from a computer into the vast outdoors and find help from a hawk. But over time, these ‘focused walkaways,’ which were first unexpected distractions, have become a scheduled part of my practice, my discipline.”

A video ode to the places where poetry lives and has lived in Cincinnati, from contributor Jim Palmarini.

SarahFawn Montgomery reads from “Playing House,” her essay about doll-play and training for motherhood, from issue 20.2.

Tierney Oberhammer reflects on two images that inspired the story “Sunshine Skyway,” published in issue 20.2.

Kate Partridge on the tumblefeed, fires, and motion studies behind her poem “Meditation with Grass Fire and Tumbleweed” from Issue 20.1.

Essayist Joylyn Chai explores how her relationship with gardening changed her relationship with the Toronto Land Acknowledgment.

Poet GC Waldrep shares the experiences behind his poem “The Arrhythmias,” including horrible dreams, stolen peaches, and a childhood book with a bright turquoise color.

What makes second-person narration so compelling? What makes it so polarizing? In this essay, Jen Michalski reflects on the magnetic pull of “you.”