Poetry
Five poems by Ewa Chrusciel
“Red Scare” by Matt Wise
Three poems by K. Silem Mohammad
Three poems by Craig Santos Perez
Four poems by Heather June Gibbons
“Nepenthe” by Heather Winterer
Watercolors
Say Yes by Steven Weinberg
Criticism
“SAMSA: The Plea for Undecidability in Kafka’s Die Verwandlung” by David Prescott-Steed
“The Texas Prison Show: Incarcerated Discourse and Revolutionary Activism” by Wesley Sims
An Interview with Karen Sánchez-Eppler (by Alexandra Rae Valint)
Photography
Naked Pilgrim by Gordon Stettinius
Fiction
An Interview with Russell Banks (by Kelly Ramsey and Ashleigh Pedersen)
“Chase Us” by Sean Ennis
An Interview with Don Lee (by Sal Pane)
“Inflation” by Jeremy Griffin
An Excerpt from I Love You, Elizabeth by Jeff Havens
Mixed Media
From Structure to Debris by Kyle William Butler
Nonfiction
An Interview with Maxine Hong Kingston (by Renee Aukeman)
“Smiles All Around” by Gus Mircos
An Interview with Gustavo Arellano (by Adriana E. Ramirez)
“Scrambled Heart” by Susan Jostrom
An Interview with Ann Fessler (by Libby Hultberg)
Contributors’ Notes
About Hot Metal Bridge
This Way Please original banner watercolors (jellyfish) by Steven Weinberg; banner lettering by Julia Germaine.