Maybe These Girls Are Yours, Too
by Megan Clark · September 12, 2016Lesley Nneka Arimah’s story “Buchi’s Girls,” first published in Five Points Vol. 16, No. 3, will sock you in the stomach, and you’ll be glad for it. [...]
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Connecting with Ha Jin’s “In the Kindergarten”
by Sabrina Flemming · September 06, 2016Deception is a resource learned at an early age for children, a universal skill that is a natural part of our lives growing up. As infants, [...]
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Gregory Fraser to Receive the James Dickey Prize for Poetry
by Megan Sexton · June 14, 2016We are delighted to announce Gregory Fraser as this year’s winner of the James Dickey Prize for Poetry. His poems will be published in the Volume 18, number [...]
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Sitting at “White Heron Pond”
by whitney cooper · April 13, 2016In our busy lives, we all come to long for peace and rest. In David Baker’s “White Heron Pond,” this is exactly what we find. Reading [...]
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Connecting with Kim Addonizio’s “Plastic”
by Monica Johnson · April 20, 2015As the world awakens from the slumber of winter, we are reminded that the Earth is very much alive. Shoots rise from the soil and flowers [...]
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Connecting with Jennifer Haigh’s “Thrift”
by Monica Johnson · February 20, 2015Hearts. Balloons. Red. Pink. Love. Ah, February. Valentines, sold in neat packages, on printed greeting cards, and arranged in vases. Love sold as compact, predictable, and [...]
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