Latest Issue: Forum Magazine Spring 2021
Table of Contents
ART
ES-PACIO by Estefan SantaMaria
Sonoma, morning by Marian Keeler
Digging for Clams by Shirley Phelan
SF Field Bay by Deanna Anderson
Whispering Leaves by Suzanne Notario
Jane Goodall and Greta Thunberg by Ana Lazaro
Self Portrait with Scarf by Ekaterina Levina
Orange Sky in San Francisco by Eunbin Lee
Moon Through the Grass by Adam Vollmer
Underwater by Sangmin Lee (Tang)
Pandemic Playmate by Ana Lazaro
Up, Up and Aaway by Lisa Niehuser
The Angel of Chill by Veronica Voss-Macomber
Scattered Morning by Ekaterina Levina
Shadow Play by Suzanne Notario
Silkmoth and the Swallowtail by Xtine Weibel
POETRY
Eora, Ramaytush, English1 by Rachel Chalmers
The Cup of Trembling by Saramanda Swigart
Ghost Species by Jillian Wasick
Two Lovers Sit at a Table, Drinking Coffee by Jamie Avery
Hatchling by Temme von Lackum Dedlow
The Pulse of the Bluegill in the Thawing Lake by Dana Delibovi
Beyond Narcissus’ Pool by Thomas A. E. Hesketh
The Encounter that Makes Me Want to Eat by Skylar Wu
memories of my mother. by Jackie Arrieta-Peixoto
the small i by Saramanda Swigart
An “epiphany” moment of my poetry writing by Xiao Tan
Between Dusk and Dawn by Priscilla Carrillo
Cut-up Objects by Shannon Wolfe
FICTION
Gravediggers by Anna Nicole Torres
It Happened in Summer by Ron Chapman
De mortuis nil nisi bonum by Yeldar Zurgenov
Redneck Daiquiri by Christopher Williams
INTERVIEWS
Editors’ Note
As the editors, we are not sure if we get the luxury of spending an editor’s note meditating on the nature of a global pandemic, one year into a global pandemic. As strange as it all still seems, at some point we do have to pick ourselves up and move on. And so we did. The staff at Forum this semester picked right up where our predecessors left off, completing tasks by Zoom, rather than in person, working at all hours of the day and night, just to make sure that this issue of Forum reached your hands, or laptop. At this time, one point of uncertainty is still the availability of the printing presses due to San Francisco health regulations.
One year on, we have all hit the pandemic wall at some point this semester, some of us have had to abandon the city due to job loss or cost reduction measures, but we have all shown up week after week for no other reason than to participate in the creation of this magazine that you now hold in front of you. We, the editors, would like to recognize the efforts of the Forum team in these crazy times, as well as our contributors, who, even after a year of staying home still had so many things to share.
It is an honor to be able to share these poems, stories and artworks with you, dear reader. We were very excited, during our reading period, to see not only how people are reacting to and growing through the events of the past year, but also the strong contingent of works that have chosen to look forward to a world that is pandemic-free. Each of the pieces represented here were chosen not for skill alone, but also the ability to touch us, inspire us, to carry us through what we hope are the final moments of our time apart.
We hope that when you think back from the future about this time in your life, you might pick up this issue of Forum and remember that you were never alone during this time: we were working with you and for you.
Stephanie Johnson,
General Editor
The Forum Team
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