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9 EDITORS’ NOTE

13 The Drummer Hilary Bell 37 Catskill Avenue

Laura van den Berg 51 Dr. Basters Magogodi oaMphela Makhene 69 Wiesbaden Ben Mauk 85 Sparrow Joyce Carol Oates 97 The Subject Ada Zhang 115 The Sea Captain Emily Hunt Kivel

141 CONTRIBUTORS

cover (front) Siennie Lee, Proxy Traveling: Two Nests, color on Korean paper,

14” x 11”, 2014. ( back) Siennie Lee, Proxy Traveling: Gunsan (detail), ink on Korean paper, 76” x 129”, 2013.

interior illustrations Blair Richardson, MiniSuper Studio