Features

An Interview with Kelly McMasters

Fringe editor-in-chief Lizzie Stark interviews Kelly McMasters, whose first nonfiction book, Welcome to Shirley came out last year. more »

Poetry

4 Poems

Field I stand in it and hear that people are very small and insects very large. more »

Poetry

3 Poems

You Are Here You get lost looking for the sign that says You Are Here. As the good Girl or Boy Scout that you are (or suddenly wish that you were), you think to stay calm and to remain stationary, just... more »

Criticism

Revaluing Nature Writing: Toward Love and Flower Power

What do Super Bowl Sunday, Ford Motor Company, and Kermit the Frog have in common? Environmentalism. It’s true! more »

Fiction

Gator Girl

Mr. Hansom called the principal, who called a wildlife expert named Jim James. Jim James arrived dressed in camel-colored khaki, in a truck like a cartoon of an African safari. more »

Short Short

Our Family

My mother’s made of plastic. All her parts. In her, one stores solids, fluids, leftovers, even garbage. more »

Nonfiction

A Nature Lover's Phobia

I'm not prone to premonitions, but my gut has long told me Arizona would bring the showdown. I haven't avoided the desert southwest because of it. more »

Featured Artwork

An Evening in Taos