Issue 86, Fall 2014

This issue features a new short story by Merritt Tierce, one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” authors, and poetry by Dorianne Laux and Fady Joudah, selected by new OA poetry editor Rebecca Gayle Howell. Besides excellent writing, the the issue includes more than twenty drawings and photographs, including Mississippi juke joint photography from longtime contributor Bill Steber; returning artists Mando Alvarez, Allison V. Smith, Mark Cohen, McNair Evans, and many others; and a stunning original illustration by Eleanor Davis. The cover image is Krista Steinke’s “Insects.”