ISSUE ONE

Food

August 4, 2023

Editor’s Note

FROM CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF KRISTIN HOULIHAN & MELISSA ROTERT

Fiction

ZARY FEKETE  |  LIKE MUSHROOMS FROM RAIN

JADI CAMPBELL  |  FOOD IS LOVE

GRACE MAGEE  |  BOXTY

LOUISE WILFORD  |  LOVE APPLES

KATHERINE SZWEJBKA  |  HOW TO MAKE A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH
 AN EASY TO FOLLOW TEN-STEP GUIDE

Poetry

NIDA MUBARAKI  |  MOIST, SWEET, CAKE-LIKE, AND QUICK

GENESIS CASTELLO  |  YOUR LOCAL ANOREXIC MISSES HER MOTHER’S FOOD

GRETCHEN FILART  |  LESSONS FROM A CUP OF MASALA CHAI

AMY LIN  |  FRUIT SKINNING

CHRISTINA ELLISON  |  ASHES, ASHES

J. C. TODD   THE HEART DOESN’T HAVE FOUR CHAMBERS YET

BHASWATI GHOSH  |  ORANGE

FRANCES GAUDIANO  |  MY FATHER’S CUISINE

PHILIP BRENT HARRIS   |  FEAR HE MIGHT

JOANNE KENNEDY FRAZER  |  CUCUMBERS: WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH ‘EM?

SHARON ISRAEL  |  BUTCHER SHOP