About Issue 33
After a double issue in fall 2020 and a hiatus in the spring, issue 33
is a larger issue than normal, featuring a symposium on Ciaran Carson,
five translations folios, and poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by
established and emerging American writers.
The issue includes:
- A Symposium on Irish Poet Ciaran Carson, with appreciations by
National Book Critics Circle Award winner Troy Jollimore, Guggenheim
fellows Marianne Boruch and Connie Voisine, Forward Prize winner Stephen
Sexton, NPR poetry commentator Tess Taylor, two-time NEA fellow Sandra
Alcosser, Camargo Foundation Fellow Don Bogen, and Kavanagh Fellow Paul
Perry.
- Translation Folios featuring poetry by Italian poet Mariangela
Gualtieri (translated by Olivia Sears), Mexican poet Verónica González
Arredondo (translated by Allison deFreese), and Polish poet Jerzy
Jarniewicz (translated by Piotr Florczyk); ghost stories by 18th century
Chinese fiction writer Ji Yun (translated by John Yu Branscum and Yi
Izzy Yu); and an essay by Japanese postwar writer Endō Shūsaku
(translated by Miho Nonaka).
- Poetry by Guggenheim Fellows Dan Beachy-Quick and Marianne Boruch;
NEA Fellows Sean Hill, Jason Koo, and Rachel Richardson; Jake Adam York
Prize winner John McCarthy; Vassar Miller Prize winner Owen McLeod;
Oregon Book Award winner Matthew Minicucci; two-time Lambda Literary
Award winner Ellen Samuels; Lindquist & Vennum Prize winner Chris
Santiago; Richard Wilbur Award winner Adam Tavel; Leia Darwish; Steven
Espada Dawson; Emilia Phillips; Stephanie Rogers; Martha Silano; Roy
White; and many others.
- Fiction by Francine Ringold Award winner Sruthi Narayan, three-time
Pushcart Prize winner Alan Michael Parker, Tyler Barton, Ariel Katz,
Grey Wolfe LaJoie, Dan Leach, and Julian Zabalbeascoa.
- Nonfiction by NEA Fellow Matthew Vollmer, Danielle Cadena Deulen &
Shara Lessley, and Dustin Parsons.
- The cover features work by Los Angeles-based artist Panteha Abareshi,
whose work was written about in the New York Times in March 2021.
