A Conversation with Mariah Rigg
“Some writers are interested in character, some in place or plot, but I’m most interested in relationships.”
short fiction
Why We Like It: “Gil Butsen Ford” by Steve Amick
Editorial Assistant Afsheen Farhadi: In issue 15.2‘s “Gil Butsen Ford,” Steve Amick dramatizes the logic of advertising—the promise to deliver happiness as balm for the consumer’s deepest pain. This is found in the language of advertisements, which often use words like love, kindness, family, words out of place, too weighty and meaningful for the exchange …