301.3 Summer Issue 2016

Welcome to the summer fiction issue. Teresa Milbrodt returns with another story about dislocation: a woman struggles with diminished eyesight; her partner suffers indignities as a parking lot attendant. This is her sixth story in NAR. Congratulations! Aimee Parkison makes her first appearance in our pages with a haunting, fractured story about abduction, murder, and loss. “Three Fish” by R. G. Rolland explores the intersection between artistic potential and desire. The stunning art for this piece is from newcomer Matt Manley and captures the story's discord.

This issue also recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month with a nonfiction piece by Christopher Gonzales, a poem by José Angel Araguz, a review of Martín Espada’s Vivas to Those Who Have Failed by Edward Carvalho, and artwork by Vlad Alvarez.

With this issue we say goodbye to our eight-year nonfiction editor, Kim Groninga. Under her editorship, several nonfiction pieces landed in Best American Essays. Kim shares some parting thoughts, “What I will cher-ish more about my time at NAR is all the gorgeous pieces of writing I was lucky to read and share. Hundreds of startling ideas, new images, and strings of perfect prose now live in my memory just waiting to be re-called.” Kim’s keen eye and caring heart will be missed in the office.

We would like to welcome our new nonfiction editor, Brooke Wonders to NAR. Brooke debuted in our pages two years ago with “Skinwalk: A Dissection.” She is an accomplished writer of fiction and creative nonfici-ton. Her work has appeared in DIAGRAM, Clarkesworld, Brevity, and The Collagist. We look forward to her contributions to the magazine. Enjoy!

              —GT & SC

 

ART

Cover   New World Symphony [monotype] • Gary Kelley

14   Untitled [digital] • Vlad Alvarez

20   Untitled [digital] • Ethan Bifano

25   Untitled [digital] • Jeannie Phan

30   Untitled [pen, ink, & digital] • Anthony Ventura

38   Untitled [digital mixed media] • Matt Manley

 

FICTION

14   Parking Spaces • Teresa Milbrodt

20   Scenes from a Life of Sport • Robert Shuster

25   On Flooded Roads • Aimee Parkison

30   Coyote's Song • Jarrod Barry

38   Three Fish  • R. G. Rolland

 

NONFICTION

3   Body, Language • Laura Legge

6   Return of the Lost Son • Christopher Gonzales

 

POETRY

5   For Your Birthday • Eric Paul Shaffer

5   Faith • Lauren Schmidt

13   The Four Wishes • Eugene Dubnov / Tr. Anne Stevenson and Eugene Dubnov 

13   The Catechesis, Redacted • Kimberly Burwick

13   Franco's Stolen Babies • Kimberly Burwick

17   Near-Elegy for Brother James • Michele Leavitt

18   Promise • Richard Jackson

18   January Studies • Christopher Bolin​

19   My Daughter's Hands • Katy D'Angelo​

19   Looking for What is Unavailable, You May Find What You Will Take Home • Jeff Mock

23   Stitched • Jose Angel Araguz

24   White Wolf • Stephen Haven

24   Reconciliation • Leona Sevick

28   Sliding House • Dan Rosenberg

28   Bassinet • Dan Rosenberg

29   Emily Dickinson's War Poetry • Catherine Stearns

29   In the Lululemon Window • Catherine Stearns

37   And Yet, • Charles Harper Webb

42   The New American Painters • Christopher Brean Murray

 

REVIEWS

43   "From Life's School of War": A Review of Martin Espada's Vivas to Those Who Have Failed • Edward Carvalho

44   Review of Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave • Brooke Wonders

45   Crosscuts: Brief DVD Reviews • Grant Tracey

46   Synecdoche: Brief Book Reviews • Rachel Morgan

48   The Manifold Naturalist [Past Perfect] • J. D. Schraffenberger​

 

MISCELLANY

2   From the Editors

47   Contributors