“Nature and humankind, the two forces shape each other. This is not to say that humanity and nature are separate. There are still around us examples, stories of how two things can be both separate yet connected.” — Rick Bass, “A Fire That Never Goes Out”

Featuring A Painted House: Part One by John Grisham. Essay by Anthony Walton and fiction by Nicola Mason. Interviews with Toni Murden and John Howard. Poetry by Billy Collins and Michael Chitwood.

Other contributors include Vicki Covington, Barry Gifford, Diane Roberts, and more.