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Change. Movement. Evolution. The poems, stories, and essays in Volume 22, Issue 01 of Ninth Letter are working, in unique ways, around these themes. It’s curious, how themes arise as we choose work. It isn’t until after all pieces have been selected that we really notice how they are in conversation. Or perhaps it isn’t curious at all; rather, the natural response to writers’ observant nature in this time of rapid reality shifts. From nano to macro, the writers in this issue consider the elements or results of change, and sometimes, how despite the change, things remain the same. The writers in this issue ask hard questions and ask us, as readers, to linger, to consider.

With thanks to the writers who trusted us with their work, and appreciation of the curatorial efforts of our editorial team, Ninth Letter proudly presents Volume 22, Issue 01. You can purchase the issue à la carte or as part of a subscription by visiting our online order form.

Poetry

Lisa Bass
A Place for Everything

Adam Clay
Vault

Kathy Fagan
Alternative Elegy
The Elevens

C. Francis Fisher
Idaho Falls

Regan Green
First Trimester

Kristen Holt-Browning
All the Way Down

Kristi Maxwell
Living Notes

Maggie Nipps
Eclipse Season

Michael O’Ryan
Against Logos

Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Agnate

Emily Skaja
Death on Demand
It’s the stage of grief where

Elizabeth Torres
One Day I Imagined Myself as a DNR Pilot Because a Friend Told Me Her Fondest Childhood Memories

Devon Walker-Figueroa
Scrap

2024 Regeneration Contest

Meghan E. O’Toole
Sundogs

as selected by Stephanie Anderson

Where We’re At

Gabriella Paz Hoggatt
Carrion Nomenclature

Garrett Stack
The Big Pond

Staff

Editor
Liz Harms

Fiction Editor
Ted Sanders

Poetry Editor
Janice N. Harrington

Creative Nonfiction Editor
Christopher Kempf

Associate Fiction Editor
David Lawrence Miller

Associate Poetry Editor
Callan Latham

Associate Creative Nonfiction Editor
Tyler Moore

Editors-at-Large
Philip Graham
Jodee Stanley

Senior Editorial Assistants
Nathan Metz, Mason McVeigh, Hannah Thorpe, Steven Bergmark, Gabrielle Paz Hoggatt

Readers
Isabella Escamilla, David Foley, Matthew Fash, Andrea Guigni, Malina Infante, Weston Morrow, Jason Pfister, Garrett Stack, Erin Stoodley, Diana Towner, Chris Vanjonack