Spring 2018
Table of Contents
Special Feature
Naguib Mahfouz and the Nobel Prize: A Blessing or a Curse?
Umm Ahmed (a story translated from the Arabic and introduced by Raymond Stock)
Essays
Gary Snyder and the Road to Kitkitdizze & Joyce Carol Oates, Badass (with introduction by the author)
Meanders, Toe-Heads, Scour Holes, and Oxbows: Some Notes on a River Life
Pocketable Breviaries: The Very Short Poem
The Art of Pain
The Beatitude of Nowhere
This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Medical School.
Visiting the Temple in Nîmes
Poetry
Assembly Lines
Before the Age of Reason
Eventually an expert came, hooded her, and took her away
Lesson
Obit: Language; Obit: Approval; Obit: The Priest; & Obit: Victoria Chang
Penmanship; Bride of the Adriatic; & Over the Yardarm
Philadelphia Museum: Learning to See
Sad Nigga Manifesto
Self-Portrait in Siem Reap
Señor Calligraphy
Sonnet with Ham and Rose
The Medical Editor on Art
Whiskey
Words Frequently Confused: Resurrection, Reincarnation
Reviews
Access, Metaphor, and the Challenge of Meaning (on George Bilgere’s Blood Pages; Jorie Graham’s Fast; Marie Howe’s Magdalene; and Adrian Matejka’s Map to the Stars)
on I Wrote This Book Because I Love You by Tim Kreider
on James Wright: A Life in Poetry by Jonathan Blunk
on What Is Poetry? (Just Kidding, I Know You Know): Interviews from The Poetry Project Newsletter (1983–2009), edited by Anselm Berrigan
Interview
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