Description
About Issue 33 After a double issue in fall 2020 and a hiatus in the spring, issue 33 is a larger issue than normal, featuring a symposium on Ciaran Carson, five translations folios, and poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by established and emerging American writers. The issue includes: • A Symposium on Irish Poet Ciaran Carson, with appreciations by National Book Critics Circle Award winner Troy Jollimore, Guggenheim fellows Marianne Boruch and Connie Voisine, Forward Prize winner Stephen Sexton, NPR poetry commentator Tess Taylor, two-time NEA fellow Sandra Alcosser, Camargo Foundation Fellow Don Bogen, and Kavanagh Fellow Paul Perry. • Translation Folios featuring poetry by Italian poet Mariangela Gualtieri (translated by Olivia Sears), Mexican poet Verónica González Arredondo (translated by Allison deFreese), and Polish poet Jerzy Jarniewicz (translated by Piotr Florczyk); ghost stories by 18th century Chinese fiction writer Ji Yun (translated by John Yu Branscum and Yi Izzy Yu); and an essay by Japanese postwar writer Endō Shūsaku (translated by Miho Nonaka). • Poetry by Guggenheim Fellows Dan Beachy-Quick and Marianne Boruch; NEA Fellows Sean Hill, Jason Koo, and Rachel Richardson; Jake Adam York Prize winner John McCarthy; Vassar Miller Prize winner Owen McLeod; Oregon Book Award winner Matthew Minicucci; two-time Lambda Literary Award winner Ellen Samuels; Lindquist & Vennum Prize winner Chris Santiago; Richard Wilbur Award winner Adam Tavel; Leia Darwish; Steven Espada Dawson; Emilia Phillips; Stephanie Rogers; Martha Silano; Roy White; and many others. • Fiction by Francine Ringold Award winner Sruthi Narayan, three-time Pushcart Prize winner Alan Michael Parker, Tyler Barton, Ariel Katz, Grey Wolfe LaJoie, Dan Leach, and Julian Zabalbeascoa. • Nonfiction by NEA Fellow Matthew Vollmer, Danielle Cadena Deulen & Shara Lessley, and Dustin Parsons. • The cover features work by Los Angeles-based artist Panteha Abareshi, whose work was written about in the New York Times in March 2021.
