This first volume contains works of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction from the first four issues of the digital magazine, Epistemic Literary. Each issue is curated with pieces on a specific theme, selected by one of our three editors.

Issue One, Food: Zary Fekete, Jadi Campbell, Grace Magee, Louise Wilford, Katherine Szwejbka, Nida Mubaraki, Gretchen Filart, Amy Lin, Christina Ellison, J.C. Todd, Bhaswati Ghosh, Frances Gaudiano, Phillip Brent Harris, Joanne Kennedy Frazer, Sharon Israel; Issue Two, Happy Place: François Bereaud, Terese Robison, Cliff Chen, Busayo Akinmoju, G. Lynn Brown, Mary Anne Peck, Zach Keal’i Murphy, Tim Murphy, Marisca Pichette, Bethany Cutkomp, Sameen Shakya, Devon Neal, Grant Shimmin, Lia Pas, Deryck N. Robertson, Arti Jain, Angela Townsend, Gretchen Filart, Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos; Issue Three, Anticipation: Sam Christie, Charles Pineda, Karen Grose, Jenn Haase Vetter, Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos, François Bereaud, Kristin Kozlowski, Natalie Nee, Allison Zaczynksi, Lilly Kate Diaz, Allison Fradkin, Theordore James, Sam “One-Wheel” O’Neil, Sharon Scholl, J.I. Kleinberg, Charly Chow, Elijah Woodruff, Michael Dufresne, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Elizabeth Gauffreau, Gretchen Filart, Devon Webb, Jennifer Spurgeon, Alex Carrigan, Natalye Childress, Dawn Levitt, Eileen Nittler, Grant Shimmin, Kate Dusto, Rebecca Egan, Beth Yoakum, Joy E. Krinsky, Joel Glover; Issue Four, Exclusion: Chelsea Allen, Luis López Galán, Sofía Martínez Álvarez, Sumitra Singam, Delphine Gauthier-Gerogakopoulos, Dave Kunz, Dan Berick, Sudha Subramanian, Chris Cottom, Haley Direnzo, Joel Glover, Louis Faber, Janina, Aza Karpinska, Kathryn Reese, Dee Allen, Tim Murphy, Sameen Shakya, Allison Zaczynski, Allison Wall, Jaden Meadows, Kendra Whitfield, Kira Coleman, Lisa Delan, Todd Matson, Marisca Pichette, Melissa Flores Anderson, Tracie Renee, The Aprilcentaur, Mac Carey, Judith Beth Cohen, Sumitra Singam, Gretchen Filart, Megan Hanlon, Chris Wardle, Joy E. Krinsky, Mary Kay Feather, Arti Jain.