Vol. 30, No. 1
Jan/Feb 2026


s p o t l i g h t   o n . . .
A poem by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Terese Coe
Spotlight
f r o m   t h e   e d i t o r s
Marko Fong, Christine Potter, and Tom Dooley discuss this issue
Editors
t h e   s a l o n
essays by Thomas J. Hubschman and Marko Fong
Salon
f i c t i o n
Stories by Bethany Bruno, Marina Harris, Beate Sigriddaughter, Gideon Leek, Thomas J. Hubschman, and J. Elyse Purvis
Fiction
p o e t r y
Verse by Anne Graue, Kenneth Pobo, Gary Duehr, Janice D. Soderling, Dan Murphy, Wally Glickman, Ashley Mabbitt, Meg Pokrass, Jeff Friedman, Ruth Bavetta, Tina Denetclaw, Bob Bradshaw, Wendy Vardaman, Erica Goss, Tresha Faye Haefner, Pramod Lad, Gary D. Grossman, Sara Eddy, Terence Culleton, Brooks Lampe, Karen Bramblett, Charles Brice, Lani Burshstein, Joel Fry, Robert Perchan, Lakshmi Arya Thathachar, Megan Merchant, Arthur Neong, Laura L. Hansen, Linda Meg Frith, Madronna Holden, and Christine Potter
Poetry
n o n f i c t i o n
Prose by Randi Stern, Marcia Yudkin, J.P. Burns, and Eve Goldberg
Nonfiction
h u m o r  &  s a t i r e
David Guaspari makes small talk
Humor & Satire
m i s c e l l a n y
Susan Starbird plays with perspective
Miscellany
i n t e r  /  r e v i e w s
reviews by Ann Skea and Lisa Ashley
Reviews & Interviews