Introduction / Bill Henderson
Thanks for coming in / Ron Koertge
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Anthony Wallace
Imperatives for carrying on in the aftermath / Natasha Trethewey
Bajadas / Francisco Cantú
The plate-spinner / Steve Stern
Memorial day / Brian Doyle
Creative types / Tom Bissell
Float / Reginald McKnight
Michaux State Forest, New Year's / Christopher Kempf
Tolstoy and God / Brian Morton
The home for Buddhist widows / Blair Hurley
Praying mantis in my husband's salad / Laura Kasischke
Tidal wave / Valerie Sayers
The boatman / Carolyn Forché
Stranger, thank you for giving me this body / Teresa Dzieglewicz
It's something people in love do / Christopher Citro
Taut rhythmic surfaces / George Saunders
Poem imposing order / Keith Ratzlaff
Basic training / Mahreen Sohail
Good hair / Safiya Sinclair
The future consequences of present actions / Allegra Hyde
When I think of Tamir Rice while driving / Reginald Dwayne Betts
The dreams of kings / Sujata Shekar
Mentor / Mark Jude Poirier
My dear master Liszt / Ben Stroud
Undocumented alien / Joyce Carol Oates
Any common desolation / Ellen Bass
Funny bird sex / John R. Nelson
Famous actor / Jess Walter
Desired appreciation / Solmaz Sharif
Miracle fruit / Ethan Chatagnier
Dixon / Bret Anthony Johnston
Sad song / Chase Twichell
I will love you in the summertime / Christian Wiman
Elegy with grown folks' music / Saeed Jones
Natural history / Camille T. Dungy
Counselor of my heart / Lydia Conklin
Beach city / Jaquira Diaz
About the tongue / Christopher Todd Anderson
Absolute rhythm / David Wojahn
How we built our house / Thomas R. Moore
Burn scars / Philip Connors
Language lesson for one / Pui Ying Wong
A small sacrifice for an enormous happiness / Jai Chakrabarti
Abracadabra / Kathleen Lynch
Dispatch from flyover country / Meghan O'Gieblyn
On gay parenting / Andrew Solomon
The ménage / Louisa Ermelino
I told the water / Tarfia Faizullah
Portrait of the alcoholic with relapse fantasy / Kaveh Akbar
Gunpowder / Rebecca Hazelton
How to shoot someone who outdrew you / David Meischen
Aubade for non-citizens / Lo Kwa Mei-en
When you died / Jane Wong
Reign of embers / Cecilia Woloch
Maybe mermaids and robots are lonely / Matthew Fogarty
Everything you want right here / Delaney Nolan
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