18: January 2018 #01 - Table of Contents
“What I have begun to think: that before the word comes the image, that before we describe, we must first be willing to look. We must stare, then verbalize, then reclaim. We learn to comprehend what is in front of us by writing, by re-creating in such a way that we urge others not to turn aside.”
— Maaza Mengiste
Montreal Taylor Rynski Outbound PJ Carmichael No discharge Mike Jurkovic Kulturbarer Dan Smith For Melissa, whose name means “the sweetest untouchable thing” Kayla Bashe A Silver Lining Looped Around A Pale Finger Kimberly Gerdjikian Possibility Stephanie Falkowski
Ruins of a Memory Palace
Jen Durbent
A Secret I’ve Said Three Times and Still Feel As If I’ve Never Told Elijah Patterson To Li Po Tom Leopardi Sputnik Andres Perez Headache Joyce Nancy Explosive Engineering Sonya Cheney The Beautiful Language Michael Lee FOR RENT Kitty Tooher