Guest Editor’s Notes—Rosalind Bentley

Director’s Cut—John T. Edge

Feeding Niriko—Lolis Eric Elie

The Kindness of Strangers—André Gallant

Your Fried Chicken has Done Drag—Martin Padgett

A Boy Goes Hunting—Alison Miller

Degrees of Freedom—Parish Howard

The Battle of Shoal Creek Farms—Patricia Thomas

The Root of Healing—Karen M. Thomas

Stir from the Bottom—Tracy N. Coley

Is the Birdman’s ‘Southern’ Story Too Much for New England?—Mark Joyella

Will the Yellow House Turn the Corner—Max Blau

Last Course—Bita Honarvar