gravel.
POETRY

​Renee Emerson's ​spiritual roots sink down
​
Rebecca Fremo shops for some Greek yogurt

Emily Reid Green spreads azure

Sonja Johanson savors the sweetness

Barbara Krasner—the magic of childhood

Emily Light ​goes gray

​​Speed upon turn pikes with ​James McAdams

Ken Meisel—the song sings on and on
 
Rebecca Schumejda refuses to celebrate

Claire Scott can't escape

​Paul Wiegel ​measures sweetness and stings

CREATIVE NONFICTION

C.W. Accetta wings it

Ross Clifford joins the herd

Celeste Hamilton Dennis ​makes peace with freckles

Rochelle Germond plays hard to get

​Dance to Beatles songs with ​Arya F. Jenkins

Dixie Perkinson forks it over

Helen Sinoradzki wipes the slate clean

​​Kaj Tanaka ​dreams about his days on the Indian reservation

FLASH/HYBRID

Brittany Ackerman conflagrates

Eric Balaz watches them fall from the sky.

Cynthia Dorfman ruminates the unforgettable

Windy Lynn Harris doubles up

Arah McManamna deals with the beast of waiting

Theresa Irene Coty is in the neighborhood.

Sharon Rose tastes saltwater and blood

Greg Veitch pulls to the earth
​
Christie Wilson follows the trajectory​

FICTION

​Anthony Ausiello defines a dogged faith

Kent Kosack has a pint-full

Alex McManus writes with red pens and memories

Alyssa Mountain brings the big top

MaryJo Thomas—sometimes you decide not to be a victim
​
Ayşe Tekşen brings the mountain to the family

MULTIMEDIA

Dick Evans paints a chance encounter

​Susan Stamm Evans faces the stone

Christopher Owen Nelson captures light on bark

​Anney E. J. Ryan provides focus



You are presently reading the 
April 2017 issue of Gravel. 

This magazine is produced by the MFA program
 in creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello editorial staff.

Cover image by Susan Stamm Evans.




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