Fifth Wednesday Journal
Defining literature. In real context.
Issue 15 Is Here!
Issue 15 includes exciting new work by
Stephen Dixon, Richard Jones, James
McManus, and many more.
Exclusive Interviews
Taking the Fifth
Audrey Niffenegger talks with Dan Libman
Poetry Around Us
Richard Jones in conversation with
James Ballowe
Coming Spring 2015
Issue 16
New work selected by our guest editors.
A personal essay on Robert Coover.
An interview with Mr. Coover (The Brunist Day of Wrath).
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