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EMERGING VOICES IN THIS INTERVIEWS ISSUE WITH NONFICTION POETRY 53 NOTE FOR A FRIEND WHO WANTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE AF TER THE HURRICANE Raquel Salas Rivera With an Introduction by Ricardo Alberto Maldonado FICTION 86 SOOJEE RISES Dina Lee With an Introduction by Luis Jaramillo NONFICTION 109 JENNIFER EGAN PAUL YOON Eunice Pak With an Introduction b y Saïd Sayrafiezadeh FICTION AUGUST 11 Aja Gabel THE GROUNDED L. Harris MORGAN JERKINS NICOLE DENNIS- BENN BORDERS: AN INTERNATIONAL EXQUISITE CORPSE 33 34 MOTHER 56 Melissa R. Sipin KATIE KITAMURA & PAUL YOON Brian Gresko JENNIFER EGAN Garrard Conley THE DREAM 24 65 MORGAN JERKINS Randy Winston BEHIND THE BOOK DEAL NICOLE DENNIS-BENN, KATIE HENDERSON ADAMS & JULIE BARER Liz Mathews 101 127 Melodie Corrigall IT WILL DESTROY YOU Stephen O’Connor THE TRAIN Tara Isabel Zambrano NEW BEGINNINGS Tara Isabel Zambrano CURBS, LEDGES, STAIRS—AND THE KARATE KID 48 THE LIVES OF CAPTIVE MEN 76 HOW TO BUILD AN INTELLECTUAL 80 Brian P. Hall Hedia Anvar HOLES 97 Peter Grimes POETRY TRANSMISSION FROM THE NEW HORIZONS INTERPLANETARY SPACE PROBE 21 A COUNTRY OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN 23 AT THE BORDER 72 STILL LIFE WITH BRIDGE AS HANDSHAKE OF LANDS 85 THE PROPHET’S DAUGHTER 99 Ryan Dzelzkalns Marianne Chan Basma Abdelaziz, Maria Cabrera Callís, Fouad Laroui, Karolina Ramqvist • Translation by Elisabeth Jaquette, Mary Ann Newman, Emma Ramadan, Saskia Vogel INTERVIEWS 40 Neal Thompson A CHRISTIAN IN UNION SQUARE KATIE KITAMURA BETWIXT AND BETWEEN David Allan Cates 74 114 133 134 Majda Gama Josh Bettinger Karissa Morton Carter MARE NOVUM Karissa Morton Carter 100 PASTORAL 108 Caroline Crew NIGHT WATER 125 A FAILED TAXONOMY OF PLACE 126 Josie Schoel Josie Schoel