Perhaps it’s a trifle presumptuous to refer to one’s own magazine as “hot”, but when you see the literary lineup we’ve got in Issue 41.3, we think you’ll understand why we’re tooting our horn.

You got your 2012 Non-Fiction contest winners, with a judge’s essay by Zsuzsi Gartner. You got your amazing poetry by rock stars like Sina Queyras, Souvanham Thammavongsa, and Laisha Rosnau. You got the Twittersphere heating up over Jessica Westhead’s new fiction. And you know we never forget about book reviews—where the heck else can you find those nowadays?

Everybody also loves our cover image by Mark Mushet, and it’s no wonder. But wait ‘til you see what we got under that cover.  Like we said: hot.

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