Mud Season Review

 “Untitled 2,” 12×8, Arches watercolor paper, salt print/nitrate method (2021)  “Untitled 3,” 12×8, Arches watercolor paper, salt print/nitrate method (2021)

The Hatchling                  by Sarah Marquez At my feet. Blocking the way in

Associate Fiction Editor Madeline DeLuca interviews author Shih-Li Kow. Read Kow’s story “Golden Boys” here. Motherhood might be rewarding but

Co-Editor-in-Chief Ashley Hajimirsadeghi interviews poet Julia Morris Paul. Read Paul’s portfolio of poems here. I want to provide insight into the

Creative Nonfiction Co-Editor Coty Poynter interviews writer Anna Oberg. Read Oberg’s essay “Devonia Street” here. I know I have arrived

Art Editor Kristin LaFollette interviews Featured Artist Hillary Jones McCullough. View McCullough’s portfolio here. Here’s why I mostly use the Salt

The Best in the Midwest There’s a town in Indiana called Liminality. I’ve never been. Liminality is the name above

The Memory Unit Aunt Jo lives in the memory unit of a retirement home outside of Knoxville. It’s new, spacious,

Hannie’s House   Victoria So I get a call from the neighbor next door to mom—I don’t recognize her name

“Awesome Jo Renaissance Woman 2,” paper collage on gallery canvas, 36×30 in. “Awesome Jo Renaissance Woman 3,” paper collage on