In John Patrick Higgins' transfixing painting on the cover, "Cafés of Desire," meet Paul Reverb, the protagonist of Higgins' forthcoming novel, Fine. With some difficulty, turn the page to discover Christopher Boucher becoming unglued, Melissa McCarthy on Orcas and authors, Jake Goldsmith on liberalism's fragility, Thomas Walton on archetypes and plinths, Qianqian Liu on parentheticals and refrigerators, Kurt Luchs on sensible nonsense, Jake La Botz on twelve steps, Richard Kostelanetz going back and forth, Roy Lisker's radioactive chant, Juhan Oh's limpid translations of Korean poetry, Alvin Krinst's fraught encounter with Bubbles, Eric Weiskott on Ben Lerner, Mike Silverton on Lucia Dlugoszewski, and other contributions by César Dávila Andrade, Terena Elizabeth Bell, Jesi Bender, Israel Bonilla, Ian Boulton, Oisín Breen, Yoo Chiwhan, Kim Chunsu, Marvin Cohen, Yoon DongJoo, Sean Ennis, Julian George, Laura Givens, Abbie Hart, John Patrick Higgins, Charles Holdefer, Nick Holdstock, Kurt Luchs, Sarah Manvel, Adam McPhee, Eric T. Racher, Johnny White Really-Really, Nicole Ricci, Mike Silverton, Jonathan Simkins, Kim Sowol, K Weber, and Eric Weiskott.