ARTIFACTS We do not live in vain Jeannine Pitas’s photo essay crafts a place of entry into the world of one of Uruguay’s most beloved poets
CONVERSATIONS Laying Down One Line After Another Comics contributor Miriam Libicki talks with Shenandoah comics editor Chris Gavaler on residency life in Angoulême and the arc of her evolving graphic memoir project
CONVERSATIONS Existing Between Two Worlds Emerging fiction writer María Alejandra Barrios Vélez talks to us about her process, her influences, and the intricacies of bilingual writing
ON CRAFT Naming My Obsession Fiction writer Brenda Peynado untangles the connections between self-discovery, faithfulness, and her novel as it falls into place
CONVERSATIONS Setting the Table: An Exchange of Words and Images Artist Xavier Tavera and poet Mike Soto discuss the purpose of art, the nature of time, and memory’s relationship to truth