Table of Contents

• Editor's Note
• “The Life and Times of Perry Mason: The Evolution of Today’s Legal Thrillers,” J. Madison Davis

Law and Literature

• INTRO: “Going Mad by Grains” Reflections on Law and Literature, Deji Olukotun
• FICTION: “Lizards’ Colony,” Mahmoud Saeed
• FICTION: “Anyone Have Any Idea What Jesus Wrote Here?,” Sophie Hardach
• FICTION: “Immoral Acts,”
 Juan Pablo Villalobos
• WEB EXCLUSIVE FICTION: “The Prisoners of the Past,” Deena Padayachee
• READING LIST: Outstanding Works of Law and Literature You Won’t Find on Every Other List
• ESSAY: “Through Me Many Long Dumb Voices: The Poet-Lawyer,” Martín Espada
• POETRY: “Thieves of Light,” Martín Espada
• POETRY: “Offerings to an Ulcerated God,” Martín Espada
• POETRY: “Self-Questions for Possible Suspects under Section 2(B) of Arizona SB 1070,” Francisco X. Alarcón

Essays

• “Of Prisons and Freedom: Liberation in the Work of Assia Djebar,” Phyllis Taoua

Interviews

• A Brief Conversation with Johan Unenge
• “Writing a Letter, Changing the Law: A Conversation with Marion Bloem,” Michelle Johnson

Poetry

• WEB EXCLUSIVE Three Poems, Kiki Dimoula
• Two Poems, Aaron Fagan
• Three Poems, Bijan Jalali
• “Single Last Sale: A Parallel Poem,” Changming Yuan
• “More Than the Edge,” Lilah Clay

Fiction

• WEB EXCLUSIVE “Oppenheimer Beach,” Tom Paine
• “Birth,” Sandra Jensen

In Every Issue

• What to Read Now: Dystopian Novels
• City Profile: Rich Ideas and Reconciliation in Galle, Sri Lanka
• Outpost: A Border-Crossing Library in Derby, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec