“The Best of the Best of”: HFR Editors in 2018 and Beyond

Jason Teal For 2018 I charted a sort of reading renaissance, rethinking my art and how it’s made—which has … More

“Trial of the Hippocampus,” a poem by Sarah Cheshire

Her: uproarious laughter— a narrow staircase— Me: cheap cologne— wilted rosemary on the windowsill— Her: distant voices— strong hands— … More

I just want to go where nobody’s gone before. All the people here look so tired But that’s what keeps … More

November 9, 2018 Mon Cher Apollinaire, It has been one hundred years to this day since … More

Glacier —for Danny Rosen and Jack Mueller We are the sea and we rise with the break off slide-in of … More

For Weeks I Have Been Waiting for Something Pleasant to Write About But to no avail, so I clipped some … More

All the Things Your Head Can Be your head is a pew, you drape its curve. your empty palm, pass … More

Heliotrope Where one finds that moody is like a word or like the register in which the sky loosens its … More

Landscape with tree and leg Then you come across a tree, and hanging from its branch you find a … More

A Third Place The bell tower prescribed an auditory space that corresponded to a particular notion of territoriality, one obsessed … More

*** Amaranth Borsuk’s most recent book is Pomegranate Eater (Kore Press, 2016), a collection of poems. Previous … More

Halloween, six-years-old: Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, My brother and I Chased by a mummy. The next year I dressed As … More