Waxwing Literary Journal: American writers & international voices.

Ochre Crescendo at Grand Canyon, by Nat Bransky

Ochre Crescendo at Grand Canyon, by Nat Bransky

Issue XIV — Spring 2018

Poetry

Brian Komei Dempster
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Graham Barnhart
- Breach
- A Fable
Diane Seuss
Meghan Privitello
- Excerpts from The Encyclopedia of Sexual Positions with God
Kendra DeColo
torrin a. greathouse
Jasmine An
- application statement
- Monkey and I Share a Cell
Letitia Trent
- Real Child
Jaclyn Dwyer
Monica Ong
L.I. Henley
- It’s true I seen them kissing (Tess)
- She was dancing like something that twists (Michael)
Lily Zhou
- Screenplay with Balconies & Iced Tea
- Creation Myth with Birds
Michelle S. Reed
- Thirteen-year-old-Boy Now Only a Body
- Doe, Hunted
C. Dale Young
- In Plain Sight
- Portrait in Burnt Orange and Bitter Almonds

Fiction

Kara Dorris
- Objects Waiting to be Dangerous
Willa Jarnagin
- Is Inside Is Outside
Kami Westhoff
- Brine and Bone
Peg Alford Pursell
- Four Shorts:
- A Girl Goes
  Into the Forest
- Smoke, Must, Dust
- Crucible of History
- Unknown Animals

Fiction

Sidney Thompson
- Love in a Crooked State
Zach VandeZande
- Untitled
Michael Martone
- Three Skywritings:
- 9653
- Root
- NaHCO₃
Lawrence Lenhart
- Bright Standing Bowl (Federated States of Micronesia)
Michelle LaPena
- Life Along the River

Nonfiction

Anjoli Roy
- Birthing Ancestors

Translation

Irma Pineda translated from Isthmus Zapotec to Spanish by Irma Pineda,
and to English by Wendy Call
Hadassa Tal translated from Hebrew
by Joanna Chen
Maurizio Castè translated from Italian
by Toti O’Brien
- Translator’s Note
- Lo Spirito del Porco /
  Swine Soul
Andrea Cote Botero translated from the Spanish
by Olivia Lott
- Translator’s Note
- La Merienda /
  Afternoon Snack
Fabio Pusterla translated from Italian
by Will Schutt
Sergio Loo translated from the Spanish
by Will Stockton

Reviews

Music

The Extraordinary Final Act of A Tribe Called Quest by Nick Fox