The fall issue wrestles with ideas of survival in America. From communal grief that follows school shootings to the fight for asylum, to lived experiences at the intersection of race and class, how do we navigate life after trauma, across borders, and within systems?
Andres Gonzalez is a photographer, editor, and educator based in Vallejo, California. He is a Fulbright Fellow and the recipient of a Light Work artist residency.
Justine van der Leun is the author of several books, including We Are Not Such Things (Random House, 2016), a New York Times Editors’ Choice and Spectator Book of the Year.
Kiese Laymon is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Nonfiction at the University of Iowa. Laymon is the author of the novel Long Divisi