We are what we do, especially what we do to change who we are…A literature born in the process of crisis and change, and deeply immersed in the risks and events of its time, can indeed help to create the symbols of the new reality, and perhaps—if talent and courage are not lacking—throw light on the signs along the road… To claim that literature on its own is going to change realty would be an act of madness or arrogance. It seems to me no less foolish to deny that it can aid in making this change.
                       —In Defense of the Word
                           Eduardo Galeano

"I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
                           Thomas Jefferson

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New work from: Jared Carter • Thomas R. Smith • Michael Henson • William Clunie • Kenneth P. Gurney • Marilyn Zuckerman • George Moore • Ren Powell • Han Aidi-Dongxian • Bill Turley • William Witherup • Mia Cartmill • John Bradley • Danielle Boodoo-Fortune • James Grabill • Robert Edwards • Howard Good • Rich Murphy • Oritsegbemi Emmanuel Jakpa • Larry Gavin • Christina Pacosz • David Chorlton • Joanna Weston • Larina Warnock • John Grey • Patricia Goodwin • Wayne Mason • Lena Judith Drake

Cover photo • "Chop Suey" by Kailin Edwards