35.2 Summer/Fall 2023

2021 Barthelme Prize

• "Once Again I Fall Into My Family Grave" by Sophia Stid

2021 Translation Prize in Fiction

• Translation of Najat Abed Alsamad by Anam Zafar

2021 Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing

• "To Allow for Tenderness" by Adéolá Olákìítán

Special Feature: A Place, Here, Curated Madhu H. Kaza

• "An Introduction" by Madhu H. Kaza
• "A Rite of Relief", "Ache", "Snail" by Birhan Keskin, Translated from the Turkish by Öykü Tekten
• "Why Don’t They Believe?" by Xo?man Qado, Translated from the Kurmanji by Shook and Zêdan Xelef 
• "The Black Colt"  by Baqytgul Sarmekova, Translated from the Kazakh by Mirgul Kali
• "Birth", "Property", "Sleep (1)", "Kingdom of Dogs" by Sulochana, Translated from the Nepali by Muna Gurung
• "flapping from where the wings" by Nhã Thuyên, Translated from the Vietnamese by Kaitlin Rees
• "Kantan Chamorrita 1-5" Chamorro Folk Songs, Translated from the Chamorro by Danielle P. Williams
• "The Saz Player", "Wind", "Smoke" by Sinan Antoon, Translated from the Arabic by the author
• "Prologue to Collapsed Star", "Longings" by Annasoltan Kekilov, Translated from the Turkmen  by Orhan Elmaz and Zohra Saed
• "Sing Sister Sing" by Joopaka Subhadra, Translated from the Telugu by Nitya Rayapati 

Fiction

• "The Participants" by Becky Hagenston
• "The Covenant of the Mardues" by Ren Arcamone 
• "The Prayer of Fugitives" by Bobuq Sayed 
• "Mirror for Princes (a perfume ad)" by Seth Wang 
• "Kicking Over Tombstones" by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Nonfiction

• "A Private Engagement" by Cat Wei
• "Clocked" by Clarence Harlan Orsi
• "Our Love Language Was Hair" by Blessing J. Christopher
• "Blood Harmony" by Sarah Curtis 

Poetry

• "Aubade or Nocturne" by Cass Garison 
• "Emily", "Jeremiah" by Alisha Dietzman 
• "The High Life" by Eric Kocher
• "The Breakup" by Mag Gabbert 
• "swamp men" by Huan He 
• "Reflection on My Frustration with Living in the Present" by Moriah Cohen 
• "Superovulation" by Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers 
• "Motherland, Formless & Void" by Jordan Nakamura 
• "A Painting I Can’t Remember 5" by Carmen Giménez 
• "SOS" by Angelo Nikolopoulos 
• "Restoration" by C. E. Janecek 
• "Self-Elegy" by Georgina Marie
• "Each Crack in My Voice Is Static from Another World" by Malachi Black 
• "Nothing was a lie" by Ralph Angel 
• "Illuminated Edges" by Adam Day 
• "Robert Johnson Tunes His Guitar at the Crossroads" by Wes Matthews 
• "Huisache", "Curanderismo" by Matthew Flores 
• "Self-Portrait as Hybrid" by Brett Shaw
• "The Last Poem I Write" by Issam Zineh
• "Like any odd god among the thousands" by Scott Chalupa
• "Ode to Plácido Domingo on Jeopardy!" by Olivia M. Sokolowski
• "[king hunt 1.2]" by Natalie Louise Tombasco
• "Busted Sonnet" by Beverly Burch
• "Elegy for My Older Brother Who Taught Me How to Contact the Dead" by Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick 
• "Chapala in Early August" by Ramón García
• "Meret Oppenheim—Object (1936)" by Rochelle Hurt

Creative and Critical Art Writing

• "Sensing Vastness: The De Luxe Show Then and Now" by Amber Jamilla Musser 
• "Power Play: Trace, Index, and Grid in Rick Lowe’s Paintings" by Allison Glenn 

Featured Art

• "Selections from The De Luxe Show" by Various Artists
• Featured Works by Rick Lowe 

Reviews and Interviews

• "Una Conversación: Adriana Corral y Celia Álvarez Muñoz" by Luisa Fernanda Pérez 
• "Earning Pleasure, Feminine Momentum: Sandra Lim’s The Curious Thing" by Paige Quiñones 
• "Spiral Motion: Janika Oza Interviews Shruti Swamy" by Janika Oza
• "Born Lonely: A Review of Emily Kendal Frey’s Lovability by Adele Elise Williams