The Fourth River is grateful for the NEA Big Read’s support for our Spring 2022 “HOME” issue.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
We're already oblivion we will be,/ the elemental dust that does not know/ us — dust that was red Adam and is now/ all men…
“(n.) any of the mammals in the family Ursidae / For $100, you can shoot a Florida black bear. / This year’s harvest objective is 172…”
Shifting Baseline theory– suddenly apathy has context; / you cannot mourn what was never potted / and sprouted / in your garden …