Reckoning 5

Tending tiny miracles until they split the pavement.The present is clay, sitting cool and wet in the palm of your hand. Squash it, twist it, mold it. Shape it into something beautiful.Reckoning 5, edited by Leah Bobet and Cecile Cristofari, concentrates on acknowledging the wonder of our environment as it is right now.Featuring poetry, essays, fiction, and art by Hana Amani, Cecile Cristofari, Leah Bobet, Julia DaSilva, Marlon Hacla, Kristine Ong Muslim, Anthony Pearce, Angela Penrose, Christy Jones, Priya Chand, Maya Chhabra, Danielle Jorgenson Murray, Catherine Rockwood, Eileen Gunnell Lee, Liv Kane, S.L. Harris, Riley Tao, Remi Skytterstad, Ashley Bao, Corey Farrenkopf, Jennifer Mace, Sandy Parsons, D. Dina Friedman, Steve Rasnic Tem, Oyedotun Damilola Muees, Joseph Hope, Justine Teu, Tracy Whiteside, Rae Kocatka, Jennifer Mace, and Karen Heuler.Print release: July 2021 ISBN: 978-1-955360-00-5 Trade paper, perfect-bound. 238 pages; 60,000 words.ContentsArtCover: Reckoning 5 - Hana AmaniToo Hot to Handle - Tracy WhitesideNonfictionFrom the Editors - Cecile CristofariFrom the Editors: a scribbled note in a water-damaged notebook - Leah Bobet No More Creepy Crawlies - Anthony Pearce On the Destruction and Restoration of Habitats - Priya Chand Facing Medusas - Liv Kane PoetrySalvage Song - Julia DaSilvaMula sa Melismas - Marlon HaclaFrom Melismas - Marlon Hacla translated by Kristine Ong Muslim you said, 'they're making the ground soft' - Christy JonesOwl Prowl - Maya ChhabraFrom the Embassy of Leaks to the Court of Cracks - Catherine Rockwood when the coral copies our fashion advice - Ashley Bao photolinguistics - Jennifer MaceWe Have So Little Time Left - D Dina Friedman Voice of God - Joseph Hopeletters from the ides - Jennifer Mace FictionThe Wild Inside - Angela PenroseRiverine - Danielle Jorgenson Murray You Cannot Return to the Burning Glade - Eileen Gunnell Lee Ash and Scar - S.L. Harris Gingko Biloba - William Tao A Song Born - Remi SkytterstadWash'ashore Plastics Museum - Corey Farrenkopf The Talking Bears of Greikengkul - Sandy Parsons Mummies - Steve Rasnic Tem All We Have Left Is Ourselves - Oyedotun Damilola Muees SPF - Justine Teu After Me, A Flood - Rae KocatkaThe Restoration - Karen Heuler