Tending tiny miracles until they split the pavement.
The present is clay, sitting cool and wet in the palm of your hand. Squash it, twist it, mold it. Shape it into something beautiful.
Reckoning 5, edited by Leah Bobet and Cécile Cristofari, concentrates on acknowledging the wonder of our environment as it is right now.
Featuring poetry, essays, fiction, and art by Hana Amani, Cécile Cristofari, Leah Bobet, Julia Da Silva, Marlon Hacla, Kristine Ong Muslim, Anthony Pearce, Angela Penrose, Christy Jones, Priya Chand, Maya Chhabra, Danielle Jorgenson Murray, Catherine Rockwood, Eileen Gunnell Lee, Liv Kane, S.L. Harris, Riley Tao, Remi Skytterstad, Ashley Bao, Corey Farrenkopf, Jennifer Mace, Sandy Parsons, D. Dina Friedman, Steve Rasnic Tem, Oyedotun Damilola Muees, Joseph Hope, Justine Teu, Tracy Whiteside, Rae Kocatka, Jennifer Mace, and Karen Heuler.
Print release: July 2021
ISBN: 978-1-955360-00-5
Trade paper, perfect-bound. 238 pages; 60, 000 words.
ContentsArt
Cover: Reckoning 5 – Hana Amani
Too Hot to Handle – Tracy Whiteside
Nonfiction
From the Editors – Cécile Cristofari
From the Editors: a scribbled note in a water-damaged notebook – Leah Bobet
No More Creepy Crawlies – Anthony Pearce
On the Destruction and Restoration of Habitats – Priya Chand
Facing Medusas – Liv Kane
Poetry
Salvage Song – Julia Da Silva
Mula sa Melismas – Marlon Hacla
From Melismas – Marlon Hacla translated by Kristine Ong Muslim
you said, ‘they’re making the ground soft’ – Christy Jones
Owl Prowl – Maya Chhabra
From the Embassy of Leaks to the Court of Cracks – Catherine Rockwood
when the coral copies our fashion advice – Ashley Bao
photolinguistics – Jennifer Mace
We Have So Little Time Left – D Dina Friedman
Voice of God – Joseph Hope
letters from the ides – Jennifer Mace
Fiction
The Wild Inside – Angela Penrose
Riverine – Danielle Jorgenson Murray
You Cannot Return to the Burning Glade – Eileen Gunnell Lee
Ash and Scar – S.L. Harris
Gingko Biloba – William Tao
A Song Born – Remi Skytterstad
Wash’ashore Plastics Museum – Corey Farrenkopf
The Talking Bears of Greikengkul – Sandy Parsons
Mummies – Steve Rasnic Tem
All We Have Left Is Ourselves – Oyedotun Damilola Muees
SPF – Justine Teu
After Me, A Flood – Rae Kocatka
The Restoration – Karen Heuler
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