Gray Blossoming
Cover by Sam Gray

From The Assistant Editor
Column by Lindley Estes

Pantoum: I Am Drained Like the Lake, Under the Sun
Poetry by Anna Lee Goocher

Another Day In Hell
Comic by Seth Casana

Something to Think About: Dieting
Comic by Matt Harrison

Dreamscape
Comic by Christine Skelly

Perch
When he left the world of finance to become a chef, it wasn’t because he needed a break—he just wanted to apply his fast-paced approach to life to a more fulfilling pursuit.

Jubee Lee
When this South Korean artist first engaged with glass, the medium spoke back in the subdued organic landscapes of her childhood—a conversation that continues to this day.

New Kent Vineyard
These family vintners are cultivating an uncommon variety of the native Norton grape—and continuing the unlikely success story of Virginian wine.