Reading dossier · Companion to the magazine
A provisional argument, tested against what a journal actually printed. Editorial interpretation is not an official preference.
Complete official contents for two issues: poems, original-language texts, translations and commentary. Five selected close readings; a bibliography is not an analysis of every work.
Official issue contentsPoetry · Jessica Abughattas
A first-person account of leaving a relationship moves through family dialogue and domestic space. The tree and cinema metaphors extend the speaker’s thinking; the ending shifts to laughter heard from another apartment. Enjambment delays completion of sentences.
Read on the publisher’s sitePoetry · Cheryl Clarke
A memorial accumulates roles, names and ages. Repeated church names, indentation and the return to naming make public remembrance a formal action, rather than a private lyric narrative.
Read on the publisher’s siteTwo nonconsecutive issues and five purposive readings cannot establish current editorial preferences or acceptance probabilities. Original-language and translated entries are counted separately as the contents list them, not as independent creative works. The Ruth Lilly feature is documented; poem-level award wins and a representative winner/non-winner comparison are not established. Your notes stay in this tab only.