Fall 2023 | Relief (print)

With the figure in Tracy Bull’s striking cover art, we find ourselves exploring the edge of displacement and discovery in the 2024 issue of Relief journal. Throughout this latest issue, there is a sense that we are all simply looking for the next safe stone to stand on. Whether we’re grappling with vulnerability in Tania Runyan’s “In Search of Earthquake Kate,” looking at death through the eye of the yovobird in Jonathan Allston’s “Patriarch,” or just “missing the solace of a mother” in Rhett Watts’s “Floating Arms,” we are all learning where we go next. If you still find yourself emerging from the edge of a dark wood, you’re in good company here, and we invite you to step to the next safe stone with us.

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