“When West Branch invited me to be a guest editor, I told Josh I wanted the story if it was still free. This time, to my absolute delight, it was.”
In This Digital Issue: West Branch 98, Winter 2022
Guest Editor Tomás Q. Morín: A Special Feature
- Introduction by Guest Editor Tomás Q. Morín
- Cassandra Mainiero
Umeboshi
Sea Glass
Common White Moths - Arturo Pineda
Morning Coffee - Josh Lopez
The Incorrigible Hulk
Poetry
- Julie Marie Wade
What is the elephant in the room
What is mind your P’s & Q’s - Jeanne Larsen
Shadows Rippling on Bhodisattva Run
Ceci n’est pas une ghazal - Brett Hanley
Texas-Louisiana Border Dive Bar [“This place is a metaphor”]
Texas-Louisiana Border Dive Bar [“I’ve been given the key”]
Texas-Louisiana Border Dive Bar [“There’s no ledge”]
Fiction
- Patrick Thomas Henry
Seven Flock the Transom: From the Wire Reports
The Back of the Book
- BOOK REVIEW
Stepping onto the Stage: Ambition and Risk in Three Debuts
on Marianne Chan, Alexandria Hall, and Su Hwang
By Corey Van Landingham - BOOK REVIEW
In Praise of Hereness
on Forrest Gander, Jessica Abughattas, and Sara Ryan
By Esteban Rodríguez - BOOK REVIEW
“A Knife Housed in Glass”: Grief and Art in Victoria Chang
By Katie Berta
Features
- Tomás Q. Morín, Selections
- An Interview with Donika Kelly, by J.A. Holm • Tierra L.M. Jones
