Grace Intoxicated

Elden, Kyle

Driftwood Press

My mother was a grapevine: 105 views of grief

Duncan, Guri

Correspondence, 1864-1865, Chattanooga to Bristol, Wisconsin

Dondey, Laura Gott

PRESENT AT THE REVOLUTION - THE BIOGRAPHY OF GORDON ANDERSON

Joanne L. Schweik

Featured in our latest issue is the 2019 Adrift Contest winning story "The Smile Contest" by Alan Sincic alongside stories by Megan Swenson, Nicole Zdeb, and Matthew Rickart. The poetry in this issue conjures the most intimate and the most communal moments of our lives, ranging from the quiet desperation of a prayer to the far-reaching longing for cultural and familial heritage. Wrapping up the issue are visual arts and comics by Janessa Mulepati, Yasuaki Okamoto, Janelle Cordero, Coz Frimpong, and Nick Francis Potter.

Driftwood Press 7.1

Literature & Fiction

Literary

"Train-sounds, dew-sounds, sounds from the hair, prayerful sounds and python sounds, fish market then mooncake sounds, sounds of falling into water, sounds of rising from fire-these are the sounds of Village of Knives, a collection that speaks through how much, how closely and imaginatively it listens. The poems here listen to immigrant life and dream, to gendered expectation and subversion, to desire, to the body's surging, briny rhythms. This is a poet who understands the power of paring away the noise to zero in on the music: 'How we turned off all the lights in the house / & fell to our knees / just to hear the sound of bone.'" - Chen Chen, author of WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A LIST OF FURTHER POSSIBILITIES

Village of Knives

Fang, Helli

Poetry

Featured in our latest issue is the 2020 In-House Contest winning story "Trash Man" by Jessica Holbert alongside another story, "The Taxidermist," by Seth Tucker. The poetry in this issue explores the emotional and physical connections to different geographies and technologies, from abandoned lighthouses and frost-covered pastures to half-truth news coverage and Harry Potter. Wrapping up the issue are visual arts and comics by Coz Frimpong, Geoffrey Detrani, Yi-hui Huang, Aimee Cozza, and Jason Hart.

Driftwood Press 7.2

Magnolia Canopy Otherworld

Carlyle, Erin

Driftwood Press 8.1

Short Stories & Anthologies

"'On Earth, a fish barricades her den / and emerges male two months later, / melon-head worthy of brawling and teeth,' announces one of the brilliant sectioned poems central to Lily-livered. 'On Mars, the sunset is blue. / She asks me about this second life / of red dirt, burnt skin. What do you enjoy // about being a man?' Although framed by a series of 'transiversaries,' to describe this collection in diaristic terms would not do justice to the overlay of questions raised around gender, beauty, diet, desire, violence, medication and self-medication. An interest in refrain and cyclical structures anchors us, pleasingly counterbalanced against enjambment and an adventuresome sense of the line; we welcome cultural cameos from Shakespeare, HBO, and indie rock. This is a stunning read that showcases a sophisticated, exciting approach to contemporary poetics." -Sandra Beasley, Count the Waves

Lily-livered

Hanks, Wren

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