The Thirtieth Year after Lucille Clifton I had expected to be an ordinary woman. Dreamed of daughters, beauty, life made whole by them. Then the year of losing came, the … Read the rest| West Branch
Dear Time, how many knees wasted at the wrong pulpit? thought i worshipped the future, but it was pleasure all along. thought my prayer aimed for peace, but it was … Read the rest| West Branch
What Is Past George Washington Carver was fascinated by the yucca, and why shouldn’t he have been? It sends up narrow, sharp-tipped leaves like a ring of swords around stalks … Read the rest| West Branch
Creative Nonfiction Selections In January of this year, America watched fires rip through LA, forcing 150,000 people to evacuate, incinerating homes, killing thirty people, torching hiking paths and ridgelines, and … Read the rest| West Branch
By Sarah D’Stair| westbranch.blogs.bucknell.edu
"'Wilded' began as a conversation with other poems I had written, partially as a condemnation of common themes to which I found myself returning without any resolution." Interview by Maddy Grieco.| West Branch
In this Print Issue: Poetry by Christine Barkley, Patrycja Humienik, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Gary McDowell, Asa Drake, Sara Potocsny, Michael Dhyne, and McLeod Logue; Fiction by Nwanne Agwu and … Read the rest| West Branch
Cover Art: Ni Los Perros Que Jamás Me Olvidaron, Ni Los Caballos, Ni Los Abrazos Que Me Dan Mis (#3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 25), by Edison … Read the rest| West Branch
Lacunae The road back was the straight and the six-lane wide and the unending even at the skyline. The exit was ceremonial; to pass on not an option. To stay … Read the rest| West Branch
21 Years After the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, I Confront Mary Oliver’s Ghost in the Middle of a Genocide I ask her if she’s picked any flowers today, and what … Read the rest| West Branch
Cover Art:Ni Los Perros Que Jamás Me Olvidaron, Ni Los Caballos, Ni Los Abrazos Que Me Dan Mis (#3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 25), by Edison Peñafiel (2023–24); acrylic on raw canvas, fabric, iron-on transfers, 45.25” x 55.5” each. Images courtesy of the artist and Sabrina Amrani Gallery.| westbranch.blogs.bucknell.edu
co-translated with Sue Vickerman| West Branch
Work Experience| West Branch
Two mice| West Branch
