From our Contributors

One season my stomach shrankfrom staying in bed for monthsso hungry. When bears hibernate, their bodies recycle to stayalive: reabsorbing urine, feces,like a dream each night. In those winter days,my stronger self recededinto that hole we all fear. Dirt from every angle. No onethinks so, but bears do wakein that shadowed cave, shifting to ward …

As part of our series From Our Contributors, Katie Berta explains the background behind her poem “[To be a child again.]”

Sophia Terazawa reads her poem “O-Graft” from our Issue 18.2.

Hugh Martin explains how his essay from our spring issue, “See the Lady,” was sparked in part by a book he discovered that made him resee some of his own experiences.

Contributor Kaveh Bassiri describes his process writing the poems in his chapbook Elementary English, two of which appeared in our fall issue.

In this video essay, Barbara Tran describes the inspiration behind her poem “Red O” (published in Issue 17.2) against the visual backdrop of two circling hawks.

Contributor Kailyn McCord on the experiences behind her essay in our pages and on crafting subjects in nonfiction.

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

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.