Dear reader,
With the semester making mincemeat of our brain cells, we turn to the theme of chaos for the second issue of the Grail Volume XIX! This issue runs the gamut from emotional turmoil to unraveling gender boundaries to incoherent explosions.
Inside, find such improbable prose as Piper S. McKeever’s “Boyfriend” (page) and Joshua Tree’s “Planned Obsolescence” (page). If you wish to eradicate order through poetry, see Anthony Valdespino’s “The Weight of Emptiness” (page) or SB’s “Plato” (page). Our visual art, including the front cover, includes the befuddling work of Henry McDonald.
Tame this issue’s tumultuous frontiers with the next issue, astrocowboys! Our collective creative faculties have run dry and this is the best we could come up with. Watch out for us on SB Info or head to our website at reedthegrail.org for a link to submit your work (deadline is March 27th)! Until then, attempt not to space out (ha ha) too much in conference.
XOXO,
Caroline “Care” Taylor Paden,
Adrian Keller Feld,
Robert Bourbon,
Inez Gallant,
Maxine Emilia Bresnan
and Declan Bradley
