“This issue is special, not just because of our anniversary, but because of the diversity of pieces, we have here. Our prose ranges from intimate to satirical to critical, and our artwork is both captivatingly intricate and resoundingly peaceful. Zhou’s pieces, in particular, astonish not just because she is able to accomplish all of that with a colored pencil, but because they reflect the simple joys and mysteries of life, things we seemed to recover during COVID and are now beginning to lose again as the world opens back up.”

Sidney Wollmuth