Ars Poetica, with Foxes
Ars Poetica, with Foxes by Lauren Delapenha // Honorable Mention, 2025 Fare Forward Poetry Competition
Accumulated Lessons in Displacement
Rachel Hicks’s poetry shows the powerful role words play in bridging the gap between everyday experience and the divine. Review by Elise Tegegne
On the Calculation of Volume
Sometimes it takes stopping time to wrestle with what it means to inhabit it. Review by Matthew Pullar
Spare Us Yet
Lucas Smith’s short story collection Spare Us Yet finds apathy an inadequate response to the world. His characters’ encounters with God compel them to contemplation, and then to action. Review by Eric Cyr
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks for Issue 37: The Mystery of Music By Managing Editor Sara Holston and Executive Editor Michael Carlowicz
Many Voices, One Room
A tour through four American communal music traditions illuminates the ways these ancient practices form us for living in the world and in community. By Brandon McNeice
The Sunset Tree
An installment in our continuing series, in honor of the album’s 20th anniversary. Review edited by Charlie Clark
The Dirty South
On this gritty Southern rock and roll album, Drive-by Truckers reject the idea of spotless heroes and take a long look at the sinful lives of real people. Review by Joseph Collum