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Robert Shetterly |
| "Langston Hughes," acrylic on panel, 2005, from the series "Americans Who Tell the Truth" |
Cover |
Mary Greene |
| design |
Cover |
John Rosenwald and Lee Sharkey |
| Editors' Note: Occupy America |
5 |
Minnie Bruce Pratt |
| Someone Is Up |
8 |
| The Difference between Inside and Outside |
9 |
| Turning the Switch Off |
10 |
Marilyn Nelson |
| Called Up |
11 |
| Your Own |
12 |
| Making History |
13 |
Kim Roberts |
| The International Fruit of Welcome |
14 |
| Instructions for Use |
15 |
| Medicine |
16 |
Venus Thrash |
| Rare |
18 |
Carlos Andrés Gómez |
| Belief |
20 |
José Padua |
| Kubla Khan |
21 |
| On the Beach |
22 |
| Dance |
23 |
Douglas Kearney |
| Thank You But Don't Buy My Babies Clothes with Monkeys on Them |
24 |
Rachel McKibbens |
| Across the Street from the Whitmore Home for Girls, 1949 |
29 |
Betty Ferber, translator |
| La Violencia en México Comenzó con los Dioses, by Homero Aridjis |
30 |
| The Violence in Mexico Began with the Gods, by Homero Aridjis |
31 |
| Somos Hijos de Dioses Crueles, by Homero Aridjis |
32 |
| We Are Children of Cruel Gods, by Homero Aridjis |
33 |
Khaled Mattawa |
| After 42 Years |
34 |
| Now That We Have Tasted Hope |
37 |
Sherwin Butsui |
| Potsherds |
38 |
Kathy Engel |
| Gratitude |
43 |
| After the Storm, Praise |
44 |
| How the Light Gets In |
45 |
Naomi Shihab Nye |
| The Woman in the Front Row |
46 |
| Every Window |
47 |