Editor’s Note
POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE
Volume 45 • Issue 5 Editor in Chief
KEVIN LARIMER
Senior Editor
MELISSA FALIVENO
Art Director
MURRAY GREENFIELD
Production Editor
ARIEL DAVIS
Associate Editor
DANA ISOKAWA
Assistant Editor
CAROLINE DAVIDSON
Contributing Editors MICHAEL BOURNE
FRANK BURES JEREMIAH CHAMBERLIN
JOFIE FERRARI-ADLER RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ DEBRA GWARTNEY
TAYARI JONES RUTH ELLEN KOCHER STEPHEN MORISON JR.
KEVIN NANCE FRANCINE PROSE CLAUDIA RANKINE
Publisher ELLIOTAssociateTIM AdvertisingAMY AdvertisingINÈS O’SULLIVANFELTMANPUJOS Publisher FIGMAN CoordinatorAssistant
CirculationMAST Controller WILLIAM CIRCULATIONF. HAYES GROUP
Staff PAUL Accountant VARGAS
POETS Executive & Director WRITERS, INC.
ELLIOT FIGMAN
FoundingGALEN Chair WILLIAMS