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February 2023 | Issue #24

That’s all we have, finally. The words, and they had better be the right ones. —Raymond Carver

From the Editors      Makers      Editors Notebook

Translator’s Note | Kalani Padilla

Shadow Figures of a Lantern and a Hawk, ca. 1842

Translator’s Note

Japanese Names

T/N: there is always a decision before what we think is the first decision, and here it is a matter of introductions. When Japanese give their name, they give family name first and given name second. They may even say their family name, only. Middle names are not traditionally assigned; they “do not exist.” But unspoken names do exist. They swim in and out of the iris.

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infographic of the right brain connected to a guiter, heart, camera, and other symbols of creativity; and the left brain connected to a microscope, math equation, rocket, and other symbols of science

Understories | Richard Jackson

Understories

Saving the Last Dance from Lambertville

So what if those stars had long ago
become
cinders,
we still believe what we see,
still read
our lives by them.
So what if we say it
really was
the crows that pulled this darkness over me,
or
that the mockingbird was singing
only for us … Read more

Spotted doe standing on grassy meadow looking over her shoulder at the camera

Sight-Paths | Hoyt Rogers

Sight-Paths

1

If we could live
the sight-path
of the frigate bird,
the path as wide
as day—the path
circling the sea,
seizing the earth
as a sphere. If we
could live that path
only for a moment,
then we would live.

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drawing of two black birds by a record player outside on the grass by a pond and a small tree
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