Begun in the early Eighties, this artist-run periodical features a wide range of visual art, artists’ projects, essays, poetry, and fiction; each issue is guest-edited and devoted to a specific cultural theme.

This issue of New Observations is the first to be devoted entirely to short stories; the six pieces are by students at college writing programs across the country. They are accompanied images from the Fabric Workshop apprentice program in Philadelphia.

Features: “Hymns and Miracles” by Tracie Burt; “Over the River” by Ellen L. Stein; “Excerpt: Mose Konen/Woman of the Bog” by Alison Armstrong; “Come out Laughing” by Sara K. Stadler; “Nothing by Accident” by Christine Armstrong; “Crying Room” by James A. Bolin.