FEBRUARY 2026
Cover Art: Alia Bensliman, Set Me Free, 2023
Mixed media on archival paper
Courtesy of the artist
Artist’s Website, Instagram
Review: Distributary by Luke Johnson
Dara-Lyn Shrager
What a Privilege It Is to Be So Insignificant
Emma Bolden; Artwork by Mark Bonica
Mirror with Thick Glasses
Rebecca Brock; Artwork by Alia Bensliman
Blue Curtains
Patrick Deeley; Artwork by Andrea Bartine Caldarise
Mnemonic: Emergency
Shou Jie Eng; Artwork by Sim Chi Yin
“World Class Music Products”
Malcolm Greenlee Farley; Artwork by Susan Pollet
April Showers
Julie Esther Fisher; Artwork by Anastasia Yaroshevich
I am not a religious person, but
D. Dina Friedman; Artwork by Sampy Sicada
Georgia Peaches
Daimys Ester García; Artwork courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Northern Lights
Rebecca Hawkes; Artwork by Anna Boberg
Voyager I
Kathryn Hunt; Artwork by Kim Kopp
Diabetes Mellitus
Jennifer Jussel; Artwork by Ana Prundaru
I Want to Write About My Ex
Claire Kim; Artwork by Juno Zago
Virus
Jan LaPerle; Artwork by Anastasia Yaroshevich
Home
Courtney LeBlanc; Artwork by Haylie Skripac
The Paper Birch
Campbell McGrath; Artwork by Alia Bensliman
Kai Su (a decomposing haibun)
Alicia Potee; Artwork by Roger Camp
Legend of the Curse
T.R. Poulson; Artwork by Francesco Londonio
Seen
Carey Taylor; Artwork by Laurie Campbell Pannell
The Energy Transition
Chris Vasantkumar; Artwork by Juno Zago
When I Died
John Whalen; Artwork by Frieda Christofides
H
Shannon K. Winston; Artwork by Susan Pollet