In his collection Breakfast with Thom Gunn, Randall Mann melds vulnerability and eloquence like few poets can. This month, in a truly poignant interview, he reads his poems and talks to me about heartache, homosexuality, drugs and death in San Francisco.

Annie Palmer is an introspective storyteller with a liquor-honey voice who was born in Chattanooga and now lives in Michigan. This month we feature her folk, and I sit down with her for an interview and some exclusive acoustic takes.

Artist Kris Lewis’ portraits are a revelation, Marcos Soriano debuts and reads two pieces of fiction, A Prayer for Becky Sims and Love, Howie Good closes a decade, Jascha Kessler reflects, Scott Hightower reviews poet Kathy Fagan and much more.

Enjoy, and thank you for an amazing first year in the fog.

Benjamin Evans
Executive Editor, Fogged Clarity

• Marcos Soriano A Prayer for Becky Sims
• Love
• Ryan McCarl Back From Boston

• Howie Good Gifts for the End of the Decade
• Brandon Courtney Epistolary
• Katherine McCord Blowback
• Karissa Morton Elegy for Mulberry Leaf
• Scott T. Starbuck Erich Said He’s Amazed at What Lizards Teach Us
• For Uncle Ed
• Johnny Chinnici Urban Mowgli

• Rory Kurtz Illustration & Digital Paint
• Kris Lewis Portraits
• Jeremy Asher Lynch Paint & Mixed Media

• Annie Palmer Wake Up Son / Split

• Randall Mann Discusses his collection Breakfast with Thom Gunn
• Annie Palmer Talks music and Michigan

• Scott Hightower A Look at the Poetry of Kathy Fagan

• Jascha Kessler A Sketch of the Artist as Ephebe

“As I begin a painting a subject physically, it emotionally and spiritually reveals itself to me. Each brushstroke speaks to the subsequent stroke, carrying out a dialogue, linking my subject and I as if we were meeting for the first time. I find this uncertainty exciting and embrace the indecisive nature of my work.

Artwork is love made visible…”