Issue 57: Spring 2022 is Here!

Dear Readers,

We’re happy to announce that Issue 57: Spring 2022 of The Puritan is here!

This issue’s fiction features “From a Great Distance” by André Babyn, “Jasmine's Brows and Cuts” by Rachel Lachmansingh, and “The Death Doula and the Snake” by Sarah Lord.

In poetry, check out “Blood Oranges” and “the sugar of knowing” by Michael Russell, “what keeps me up at night” by Jenna Lyn Albert, “fiddling with my chew toy strolling across Matthew Wong's River at Night (2018)” by Jane Shi, “A Dark Told Me (The Empty Ones)” and “Pandemia” by Sarain Frank Soonias, “After the Boats” by Julian Day, “Maturity” by Sean Beatty, “Terrible Things Are Happening in New Jersey!” by Topaz Winters, and “Make Good” by Patrick Grace.

This season’s essays include “How to Heal a Sunburn” by Hattie Hayes and “For No Other Reason Than To Teach You About Islam” by Hajer Mirwali.

In our interviews section, Yilin Wang interviews Gillian Sze about the origins of Sze’s newest collection Quiet Night Think, thoughts on craft, and words of advice for emerging writers. Next, Bareerah Ghani's interview with Sara Nović features a discussion of Nović’s most recent novel True Biz as well as ASL stigma, language acquisition, ableism, and the fight to amplify deaf voices. Finally, Farah Ghafoor interviews Sanna Wani about Wani’s debut collection My Grief, the Sun, taking risks, and literary ancestry.

This issue’s reviews section features Sanna Wani’s My Grief, the Sun reviewed by ALHS, Aaron Schneider’s What We Think We Know reviewed by Peter Szuban, Therese Estacion’s Phantompains reviewed by Karla Comanda, and Helen Chau Bradley’s Personal Attention Roleplay reviewed by Z.Y. Yang.

Finally, we’re pleased to welcome Ryanne Kap as our new Managing Editor!

With that, we are proud to present Issue 57. We hope you enjoy our very latest!

All the best,

The Editors