Roman Johnson – “Be Thou My Vision”
Roman Johnson Be Thou My Vision When I was eight, my father kept his car running while the gas exhaust fumes filled the air of my cousin’s apartment complex. He [...]
Jacob Sheetz-Willard – First Principles
Jacob Sheetz-Willard First Principles You start from the top down, clearing dust from the tank lid, then draw your torn bath towel over the flush handle, across the tank’s vertical [...]
Flash Flood Winner—Nicholas Claro
Nicholas Claro Housekeeping On the phone she said her hotel might be better. “I can’t do the house,” she said. “It’s too intimate and familiar. I left a key at [...]
Flash Flood Winner—Audrey Coldwell
Audrey Coldwell Egg There was a full-grown woman in my omelette today. I hadn’t been expecting her. Hadn’t wanted any more protein for breakfast than a cooked yolk or two—if [...]
Flash Flood Winner—Shruti Goel
Shruti Goel Zari The gauzy wedding mandaps, laden by the sea, shimmered like they would in a glossy magazine. The sunlight bounced off every metallic surface possible—bangles, chair backs, even [...]
Tori Malcangio
Tori Malcangio I am Ready. I am not Ready. I show up to a post-op appointment I don’t have. The cardiology receptionist tells me I’m three days early; I’ve confused [...]
Fall 2025
FALL 2025 POETRY Lana Hechtman Ayers, Prayer Is a Painted Lavender Field Margaret F. Browne, To build a wasp's nest Samuel Burt, Empire Is Joseph Chaney, Wrong-Footed Ian Hall, Love [...]
American Literary Review Awards, 2026 Winners
2026 American Literary Review Awards Winners We are pleased to announce the winners and runners-up for our 2026 American Literary Review Awards! Poetry Contest Results, judged by Carl Phillips Winner: [...]
Review: Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul
Review: Sucker Punch: Essays by Scaachi Koul Reviewed by Makenzie Stuart St. Martin's Press. 2025. 254 pages. What are the things that you whisper about behind closed doors? The things [...]
Review and Mini-Interview: Jennifer Loyd
A Review of Ghost in the Archive by Jennifer Loyd & Mini-Interview with the Author Review: Ghost in the Archive Reviewed by Bleah Patterson Conduit Books & Ephemera. 2025. 76 [...]
Interview: Ishion Hutchinson
What’s in a Name?: An Interview with Ishion Hutchinson Ishion Hutchinson is the winner of the 2025 Rilke Prize for his book-length poem, School of Instructions. His other collections include [...]
Jeffrey Amos
Jeffrey Amos Witness Trees The Town Charter. The town of Ada, Texas was founded in the shade of an apple tree on August 15th, 1887, when Arthur Gentry, Caleb Mills, [...]