Leland James | FIG LEAVES

FIG LEAVES In our doing and undoing, in our designs, the nakedness we try to hide: the corpse beneath the sheet laid out upon a stainless table. Plainly there, plainly. But we go on in our intricate designs. The clink of glasses, a swirl of opulence upon a porcelain plate, the tasteful tie…

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TABLE OF CONTENT

POETRY

VALLUM AWARD FOR POETRY

REVIEWS

  • Danny Jacobs, MAVOR’S BONES by Rolli
  • Frances Bianco, METROPANTHEON by Steven Artell
  • David Swartz, WHAT DOES A HOUSE WANT? Selected Poems by Gary Geddes
  • Eleni Zisimatos, THE POETIC EDDA. Translated by Jeramy Dodds

ART

  • Maia Flore, photographs from SLEEP ELEVATIONS, MORNING SCULPTURES, SITUATIONS, and DIARY series
***Select poems are available to read online. To read the full issue, purchase 12:1.