Image Credit: Barbie and Grilled Cheese by Sarah Yuster

The Food Court

The Food Court is a featured section in this issue where contributors explore American traditions
related to food, its consumption, and its cultural and regional significance.

Welcome to The Food Court, Introduction by Montéz Jennings

prose
A Common Thread by Tulip Chowdhury
The Last Butchers by Kathryn Hively
History Lesson with Mango by Donna Miscolta

poetry
Revering Jackson Pollock’s Mural, I Drink From a Can of Paint by Avery Gregurich
The Sweetness We Come Upon by Claudia Reder
First Sunday of Blues Therapy for the Season by Laura Sweeney

art
The Not So Still Life of Food: Lisa Amundsen Giannini, Sarah Yuster, Ilse Miller, Kevin Flynn, Susan Kaprov
Supportive Documents: Vilma Leino, Matthew Pagoaga, Sarah Legow, Geovany Uranda, Miggie Wong
Yummy Objects: Kendra Stepp-Davis, Ophelia Arc, Terri Lloyd, Naichen Pan

humor
Cooking Tips from My Mom in the 1970s by Lisa Borders
My Family’s Fourth of July BBQ, Deconstructed by Me for Future Anthropologists, Extraterrestrial Visitors, or Evolved Insect Overlords by Heather Talty

music
Pie-n-Rock-n-Roll by Rodney Henry
“Sunday Morning” (a music video from “Love Never Rests”) by Mike Ward

interview
Interview with David Mas Masumoto by Ann Beman

review
David Mas Masumoto’s Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a Family Farm
by Ann Beman

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Plus new fiction and humor that re-envisions Americana

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prose

Stickhaven by Emma Burris
Pick a Part by Jake La Botz
Jimmy by Mae Oetjens

humor

Life In Reverse by Evan Allgood