A blurry filter has been placed over the bear from the California flag. The bear is walking through flames. Behind it is a world map, so blurry that the continents seem more like blobs. California Elegy Issue No. 55 Ben EhrenreichJanuary 4
An anthropomorphized American flag has two eyes, one red and one blue. The leftmost eye, the blue eye, is crying. Hail to the Grief Issue No. 55 Jess BergmanJanuary 4
An hourglass is warped against a checkered background. The hands of a clock are in the foreground. Grief’s Anatomy Issue No. 55 Hanif AbdurraqibJanuary 4
A cartoonized stock market graph shoots upward. The Prosperity Hoax Issue No. 54 Tom StevensonNovember 8
A faucet in the clouds ekes out a droplet of water onto the ground. Monsoon Dread Issue No. 54 Alizeh KohariNovember 8
The collage of a plane made up of black and white Iranian photographs against a seafoam green background. Something Cataclysmic Every Week Issue No. 53 Habibe JafarianSeptember 7
A cutout of a woman’s neck and face is spliced onto a salmon pink background. A black isosceles triangle obscures part of her face. Who Keeps Us Safe? Issue No. 53 Maia HibbettSeptember 7
A collage of a floating arm holding a pencil beside strips of landscape photography, all set against a yellow background. Poetry Lessons from the Advanced in Age Issue No. 53 Michael HofmannSeptember 7
The letters of the word CRISIS are toppling pillars failing to hold up the roof of a classical building reminiscent of the Parthenon. Meditations in an Emergency Issue No. 52 Asad HaiderJuly 6, 2020
A black hand holds up the southern states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina) like a sign. A rising sun sits on top of them. Another Country Issue No. 52 Elias RodriquesJuly 6, 2020
An open journal has two hands etched into its pages with black ink. A spilled fountain pen lays nearby. Susan Sontag as Metaphor Issue No. 51 Dale PeckApril 28, 2020
