In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editors’ Page

pp. 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0059
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The Letician Age

Yalitza Ferreras
pp. 3-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0066
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Homesteaders

Elisabeth Hamilton
pp. 21-39
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0073
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I Am Faithful

Jenny Irish
pp. 40-53
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0080
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Passing Through Needles: From After the Parade

Lori Ostlund
pp. 54-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0044
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Counterclockwise

Jennifer Anderson
pp. 68-74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0050
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Blood And Stars

Melissa Ferrone
pp. 75-90
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0056
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Namesake

Mason Stokes
pp. 91-107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0063
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Ode to Your First Cry: For Opeyemi

D. M. Aderibigbe
p. 108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0070
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Foam Party, and: Orange Alert

Kazim Ali
pp. 109-110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0077
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Transatlantic, and: Hijra

Hala Alyan
pp. 111-112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0041
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The Box, and: Check the Number on My Collar

Lucy Anderton
pp. 113-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0048
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If the Vulture Chooses You, and: Leap Years

Talvikki Ansel
pp. 117-119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0054
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Incoming

Kate Asche
p. 120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0061
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Postcard, and: Postcard

Joelle Biele
pp. 121-123
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0068
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Seven Keys: From A Teus Pés

Ana Cristina César, Brenda Hillman, Helen Hillman
p. 124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0075
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Ramble #11, and: Ramble #28

Lauren Crux
pp. 125-126
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0082
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Flesh and Fingernail

Victoria Estol, Seth Michelson
p. 127
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0046
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Reunion

Javier Etchevarren, Jesse Lee Kercheval
p. 128
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0052
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Words Like Knives

Paola Gallo, Adam Giannelli
p. 129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0058
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From “John Henry Split My Heart”

Andrew Grace
pp. 130-132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0065
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The Night We Met

Bradley Harrison
p. 133
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0072
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Bounty

Chris Haven
p. 134
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0079
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[Untitled Day], and: Composition: Fringe Lichen: Tilde & Mãe

Brenda Hillman
pp. 135-136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0043
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What Does It Do to One’s Ipseity to Say, in the First Person, I Am Dying?, and: Will My Word Grow into a Tree While I Water It Every Day with Silence?

H. L. Hix
pp. 137-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0049
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Snow Angels, and: The Pine Barrens: A Sermon

James Hoch
pp. 139-141
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0055
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From River House, and: From River House

Sally Keith
pp. 142-143
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0062
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#29linesonblacknessforwhitepoetsandpoliceman

Ruth Ellen Kocher
p. 144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0069
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Inscription on a Page Torn from the County Register

Brandon Kreitler
p. 145
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0076
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La Biennale: After Ruth Ellen Kocher

Shayla Lawson
pp. 146-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0083
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Blue Coming: After Bob Holman’s “What You Can’t Understand Is Poetry Is Connected to the Body Again”

Thylias Moss
p. 148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0047
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I Want You to See Me and Convulse. Whatever You Were

Danielle Pafunda
p. 149
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0053
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*, and: *

Simon Perchik
pp. 150-151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0060
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From “Understory”

Craig Santos Perez
pp. 152-154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0067
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Hospice

Donald Platt
pp. 155-156
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0074
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The Students Celebrate a Basketball Championship

Michael Pontacoloni
pp. 157-158
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0081
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Threnody with a Wren and a Skipping Rope, and: Sudden Stain

Roger Reeves
pp. 159-160
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0045
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Thrush

Freya Rohn
p. 161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0051
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Breakwaters

Laurie Sewall
pp. 162-163
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0057
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Invocation with Textile Mill Workers, Grandmothers, Fates, Quarreling Inner Voices, and Others, and: Survey of Worker Engagement

Laura-Gray Street
pp. 164-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0064
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Songs in Late Summer

Tess Taylor
p. 168
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0071
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Col-, and: Com-

Barbara Tomash
pp. 169-170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0078
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Contributor Notes

pp. 171-177
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2015.0042
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