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Robert James Hicks (back row, sixth from the left; black shirt) with his Iowa Writers’ Workshop cohort, 2003-2005. What have you been reading recently? What’s influenced your writing the most over the years? I just read the latest novel by Ann Patchett, who has long been one of my favorite writers. I often return . . .

ten thousand miles off in the future somewhere,where the beer is so cold it sweats in your hand . . .—Brian Turner, “R & R” Raise your glasses to veterans nearAnd far-flung! Let us toast them with beersThat are martially honed      Or are veteran-owned.Here are three tasty ales to revere. 1.Hop Commander, . . .

Figure 1: Viola Nimuhamya, One at a Time (2025).Sculptural installation made of discarded fabrics.Courtesy of Southnord.    A Review of Earthscape: A Southnord Collections Exhibition   “Who holds the power to make real change?”1   This question lies at the heart of Earthscape, an exhibition curated by Marcia Harvey Isaksson. Originally from Zimbabwe and now . . .