February 2025

Moses and reporter Tom Robbins held a wide-ranging, hour-long discussion on Mendendez’s political career and early years as a political acolyte of Union City mayor Bill Musto.

"The gods / return, dust from a bee’s wings, this small brown moth / just landed on my arm

"One works hard to green the earth and store / inside the lungs of grass the magic air / that feeds the growing shoots until they sprout."

"Two girls run with arms spread / to catch the wind in soap-loaded wands."

Readers take issue with a cover image and an Arabic translation.