West Branch

a thrice-yearly magazine of poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews

Featuring new poems by:
Jorie Graham
Alexis Sears
Cole Swensen
Jay Wright

An Interview with Albert Abonado

"I think of the white space in this poem like that, a place for the speaker to move the poem around, a place to disguise intent, to conceal an America that hides in the silences."
Four Takes on Devin Walker-Figueroa's Philomath

"In the hands of Walker-Figueroa … enjambment is not just a craft technique—hers is an existential enjambment."

Commentary by Corey Van Landingham, Leslie Sainz, Chelsea Hill, and Christina Pugh

This Print Issue:

Cover Art: Cavern (Basement Oracles), by Jon Rollins (2017-20); acrylic, enamel, drawing ink, silkscreen ink, graphite, charcoal, and paper on canvas, 54" x 42"

This Digital Issue:

Fiction

Creative Nonfiction

The Back of the Book

    • FOUR TAKES
      on Devon Walker-Figueroa’s Philomath
      edited by Corey Van Landingham

Features

      In This Digital Issue: West Branch 101, Winter 2023

      Cavern (Basement Oracles), by Jon Rollins (2017-20); acrylic, enamel, drawing ink, silkscreen ink, graphite, charcoal, and paper on canvas, 54″ x 42″

      Guest Editor Shane McCrae: A Special Feature

      • Introduction by Guest Editor Shane McCrae
      • Jorie Graham
        Dis-
      • Alexis Sears
        Vertigo
      • Cole Swensen
        The Doorknob
      • Jay Wright
        [It arrives again, a tapatío Sunday]

      Fiction

      Creative Nonfiction

      The Back of the Book

      • BOOK REVIEW
        No Longer the Bystander
        on Roberto Tejada, William Lessard, and Sophia Terazawa
        by Esteban Rodríguez
      • FOUR TAKES
        on Devon Walker-Figueroa’s Philomath
        by Corey Van Landingham, Leslie Sainz, Chelsea Hill, and Christina Pugh
        edited by Corey Van Landingham
      • MARGINALIA
        Ron Tanner on Steve Almond

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