“Parenting in the Negative,” an essay by Will Stockton.

Deficits in the adoption of an older child.

“Passing Through,” an essay by Lise Funderburg.

Identity among the thrift-store racks.

“I Got Grown,” a memoir by Joe Milan, Jr.

A young man starts his working life where others’ lives end.

“Panthera leo leo; or, a Civics Lesson.” An essay by Alison Powell.

On Aristotle’s animals and the…

“Minor Calamity,” a prose poem by Marya Hornbacher.

Childhood fears take a global stage.

“The First Cry,” a memoir by Marjorie Pryse.

Birth, separation, symbiosis.

“The Beauty in Violence,” a poem by Stuart Gunter.

A boy and a cartoon.

Table of Contents & Contributors’ Notes.

A gentle guide to your reading experience.

“The War Dead in France,” a poem by Julian Green.

Grief seeps forward.

“Animation,” a poem by Kari Wergeland.

Time blooms in the garden.

“It hovers, this hint…