Contents

Talisman and Open Your Mouth
Poetry by Yael Valencia Aldana

Finding My Way Home.
Poetry by Zaynab Bobi

Mistaken for a Gardener
Poetry by Laura Da’

The Sheep Is a Body of Knowledge
Nonfiction by Stacie Denetsosie

The Lepidoperists
Fiction by Stephen Graham Jones

Lucky
Poetry by Alina Graves

Disembodied | Winner of the 2023 Montana Prize in Nonfiction
Nonfiction by Jen Knox

I Am Made of…
Poetry by Chris La Tray

Eulogy, Follow the Silence, Mokwaki (Crying Because One Has Been Left Behind), and Jibakwé (Ghost Supper)
Poetry by Stephanie Lenox

Erasure: Meadowbrook
Nonfiction by Casandra López

Real People, Oktaha, and Comfort
Poetry by Wilma Mankiller

How to Be a Curly Girl | Winner of the 2023 Montana Prize in Fiction
Fiction by Timothy Mullaney

Muks Wiyon/Wolf Moon, Operations Manual for Native Faculty, Sky Woman, and Kihtamoq/Listen
Poetry by Rebecca Pelky

The Tests Are Simple | Winner of the 2023 Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry
Poetry by Samuel Piccone

In My First Hard Springtime
Poetry by James Welch

Jim Welch's Secret Poetry Apprenticeship
Nonfiction by Lois Welch