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Five Points Vol. 23, No. 2

Fall

Table of Contents

Poetry

Stuart Dischell
- Lines in the Valley
- In Transit
- Ballad of St. Sulspice
Rebecca Foust
- Grounds for Dissolution
- Parallax
Naomi Shihab Nye
- Beautiful Gaza
Andrea Carter Brown
- American Fraktur
Cynthia Hogue
- Poem with a Line from Nicole Brosssard
- on the blue moon
Jessica Abughattas
- After the Attempt, Thanksgiving
- Writers
Bob Hicok
- One Day
- My favorite color, my favorite you
Jeffrey Harrison
- Wringer
- Cut-Offs
Peter Kline
- Bridgesong
- Passerby
Ethan Chua
- Speaking over food
Jehanne Dubrow
- Spine
Emily Tuszynska
- Advent
Marianne Chan
- When I Was Your Age
- Anniversary
- My Male Friends Tell Me
Nick Rattner
- Mint
- Walking to the Valero and Back Listening to Prince’s “17 Days”
- Dealing in Brotherhood
Cynthia Alessandra Briano
- Grapevine, Gustativo
Hunk Hawkins
- Caution
- Fermi’s Filter
- Evening Houses
William Ward Butler
- Ships of Theseus

Fiction

Betsy Boyd
- Laundry Land
Robert Anthony Siegel
- Ten Variations on a Staircase
John Skoyles
- Arts and Letters
Jessica Treadway
- An Early Departure

Essays

Lucienne S. Bloch
- Odds and Ends
Zainab Omaki
- Nineteen Insecurities as Exposed by the Harsh Glare of a Dentist’s Operating Light
Shazia Rahman
- Women’s Homes
Allison Blevins
- Women are better suited for the exploration of black holes—
James F. Jones
- Tybee and Me

Translation

Úrsula Starke
- Translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval and Jeannine Maria Pitas
Chen Poyu
- Translated by Nicholas Wong

Art

Jill Frank
- Portraits: 2022–2024