Service Workers

Conversation with
Jan Beatty

The Fall 2020 issue features a timely tribute to service workers—those working in the lodging, food service, tourism, customer service and other industries in direct service to customers. Though planned long before the pandemic, service workers have been hit particularly hard this year, and we’re happy to be honoring poets who work in those fields. The conversation features Jan Beatty, covering her decades of experience working as a waitress, as well as the topics of adoption and the writing process.

Another eclectic open section features 22 poems in a range of styles that are sure to make you laugh or cry.

	Service Workers
	Jan Beatty	On the 101
	Sam Burt	Hummingbird
	Lewis Crawford	To the Man Who May or May Not Be My Father
		Granddaddy (for Nana)
	Marylisa DeDomenicis	Excuse Me
	Claire Donzelli	Promotion
	Joshua Gottlieb-Miller	Staring at the Lake with My Wife …
	Maria Guzman	Riding the B-Line
	Atar J. Hadari	Letter from Home about a Friend’s Business …
	Jackleen Holton	The Hunter
	Craig Kenworthy	I Am an Innocent Bellman
	Andrew Miller	Let There Be Light a Little
	T.R. Poulson	I Want to Date a Man Who’s Like a Dog
	Grant Quackenbush	American Dream
	Fred Shaw	Worst. Shift. Ever.
	Laurie Uttich	To My Student with the Dime-Sized Bruises …
	Andre Le Mont Wilson	How Long Have You Been Doing This?
	Open Poetry
	Mary Angelino	Remodeling
	Belén Atienza	Solitude Is a Life’s Work
	Erin Bealmear	David Bowie Eyes
	Leela Chantrelle	Pit
	Grant Clauser	Thoroughbred
	Richard Cole	How Much Does Your House Weigh?
	Chard deNiord	The Lack
		The Mantle
	Chad Frame	Smoking Shelter
	Valentina Gnup	It’s a Sad Story
	Jessica Goodfellow	Love in Terminal 3D
	Andrew Kane	How to Be a Dog
	Michelle Lesniak	The Only Sign of Trauma
	Amit Majmudar	Naming the Child
	David Mason	Long Haul
		Note to Self
	Mi-Mi Monahan	Holy Water
	Jeffrey Morgan	My Love, Though the Smart Speaker …
	Marc Pietrzykowski	Pedagogy
	Michelle Roberti-West	Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
	David Romtvedt	Remembering the Wedding
	Vivian Shipley	Poetry Workshop
	Conversation
	Jan Beatty (web)
	Cover Art
	Piotr Lewandowski (web)