Issue 63
On the way to a crucial gig, a musician’s morning of pain, traffic, and simmering resentment against a Lexus driver takes a gut-punch twist. Haunted by a watchful stranger in a tavern, a new arrival in America relives the perils of his journey north and the uneasy bargains of survival in a world that feels nothing like home. A jet-lagged American auditor’s quest for a pre-meeting haircut in Beijing leads him through language barriers, unexpected kindness, and the slowest, strangest, and most memorable trim of his life. And an ambitious Bangladeshi taxi driver’s pride in his limited English turns a chance encounter with robbers into a farcical courtroom disaster that upends his life.
We proudly present the work of Brian Belefant, James Joaquin Brewer, B. Crawford, C. Christine Fair, Joe Greco, Jonathan Hall, Ann Howells, Mark Jacobs, Wayne Lee, Shontay Luna, Trais Pearson, Andrew Robertson, and Diana Senechal. The issue includes an interview with author Robert Garner McBrearty.
