The Iowa Review (50/3, Winter 2020/2021)

In this issue: Pat Benatar, hemochromatosis, funerals, hotel linens, running amok, prison food, a cult, freight, teen sexuality, the blues, and more.FICTIONVenita Blackburn | Live BirthMaija Mäkinen | 1993Bronte Lim | Petite CeintureBen Lasman | Cult WeekendKate Osana Simonian | The KissNONFICTIONClancy Tripp | GoonJenny Ferguson | On BloodlettingsDiana Cejas | National Baptist HymnalSarah Shotland | Flatten CleanLaura Price Steele | The Host BodyPOETRYRita Dove | Blues, Straight | The Spring Cricket's Grievance: Little Outburst | A Sonnet for the Sonnet | Green KoanCorey Van Landingham | Reader, IMike White | AnimalBailey Cohen-Vera | Self-Portrait as Orientation in the Peaceful CountryBrian Ascalon Roley | After the OccupationJeddie Sophronius | The Land's TestimonyTracie Morris | [untitled]Michael Dhyne | Portrait of My Father as a Young ManCandice Wuehle | alpineglow iiKatie Berta | Sometimes I Feel Exactly Like Satan | Getting Down on Your Knees Really Works | I Said Yes to Make Sure He Used a Condom | I'm Wife | "Sometimes it grieves me that I have never loved anyone. I don't think I've ever been loved either." | Birthday | Because I Want to Die, I Go to Nordstrom RackVicente Huidobro, translated by Jonathan Simkins | Hand of the MomentAmanda Peery-Wolf | The Women's War Museum | Adam | Otherwise Provided by This Act (Section 13a) | What to Say to Night | The Time of Least Resistance | Seer | WHAT CAN I SHIPARTWORKJodi Perry | Patti’s Home Sweet Home