Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti – Ariette d’oubli de la chapelle étourdie (1920)
mixed media on canvas [i didn’t know he had a sister is the wrong thought. nonetheless it comes to me. so does the husband, ferried by the double…
What’s in a Name? Lost Letters and Other Animals by Carrie Bennett; Besiege Me by Nicholas Wong; Returning the Sword to the Stone by Mark Leidner
Lost Letters and Other Animals by Carrie Bennett (Black Lawrence Press, 2021); Besiege Me by Nicholas Wong (Noemi Press, 2021); Returning the Sword to the Stone by Mark Leidner…
Father’s Keeper: Imagine Us, The Swarm by Muriel Leung
Muriel Leung, Imagine Us, The Swarm (Nightboat Books, 2021). When bees swarm, it is as a function of reproduction. The hive has become too crowded, so the workers…
Leaning Against the Muscle of That Throat: The Dream Women Called by Lori Wilson
The Dream Women Called by Lori Wilson (Autumn House Press, 2021). Lori Wilson’s second poetry collection, The Dream Women Called, focuses on a woman’s experience—girlhood expectations, love and…
Magic, Wisdom, and History: Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge (Algonquin Books, 2021) The powerful bond between mother and daughter in Kaitlyn Greenidge’s novel Libertie is established in the book’s first line: “I saw my…
In a Burning Volcano
This is a work of fiction. Raymond and I walked through the prison yard—from the back classroom, along the chain-link fence bordering dirt sports fields, down the long…
Panzanalia
Her mother had become a vegan. She rhymed it with “pagan,” like it was a religion. Which, the daughter thought—she shook the limp herbs dry—it was. They were making…
The Visible Woman
Shortly after college, I bought The Visible Woman for fifteen dollars from a little yellow antique store in my hometown. I’ve carried her with me for years. The name…
Lucky, Lucky, Lucky
The baby was stealing my sleep. “Only three days old, and already a thief,” I said. “Don’t be silly. This precious angel?” My mother took her from me, making…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2021 Results
Winner Nicole Simonsen, "Lucky, Lucky, Lucky" Nicole Simonsen’s short stories have appeared in Booth, Tin House Online, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at a high school in Sacramento,…