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New InStudio video alert! Fiction writer Patrick Jankowski shares his experience in the former Soviet Union, influences, love for his wife, and the challenge and privilege of writing across cultures. Watch the video here: buff.ly/DArQ07x

From “Sudoku” by Elijah Perseus Blumov: for example; crosswords, metaphysics, and riddles, doodles, higher math, all else that shows delight in order without end; these are the ways we imitate the God, Read the entire poem in issue 127: buff.ly/JacLVbW

We are excited to introduce our Glen faculty! This week's spotlight: Sara Zarr. Develop your fiction at the Glen this summer in San Diego. Click here for details: buff.ly/LeZOgm1

In our core values at Image, we state: We believe that human creatures, made in the image of a divine creator, live most fully into their nature when they are creative. Subscribe today for a full year of living and creating in the spiritual moment: buff.ly/VDCZ1sA

From Gabriel Heller’s essay, “Brighton Beach, 2013”: Anya sits on the floor and plays with the toys. It is just us and an Orthodox Jewish family, a man with two daughters who both appear to have Down syndrome. Read the entire essay in issue 127: buff.ly/jYtnows

We are excited to introduce our Glen faculty! This week's spotlight: Jamie Quatro with "Spiritual Writing": buff.ly/KHeg8Ct Nate Klug with "Writing for Pastors and Chaplains": buff.ly/anqkeku

We're excited to introduce our Glen visual arts faculty! This week's spotlight: Mixed Media Art with Lanecia Rouse and Sketching with David Hooker. Click here for more details about our world-class teachers: buff.ly/TXXWAUY

From "Else" by Rae Armantrout: Children practice first person by choosing between red and green, dog and cat. Read the entirety of "Else" in issue 127: buff.ly/XWIHNL8 Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

We're now publishing periodic themed issues at Image! Our most recent issue reflects on the kitchen, the room that is so central to our homes and families. Subscribe today to receive the kitchen issue and a full year of Image: buff.ly/oPDlDzb

We are excited to introduce our Glen poetry faculty! This week's spotlight: Cate Lycurgus. Develop your poetry at the Glen this summer. Click here for details: buff.ly/z4eY40q

From “Rewilding the Kitchen: A Conversation with Rachel Yoder,” an interview by Lisa Ann Cockrel: A lot of writers—myself included—have devoted our lives to a calling. Read the entire interview in issue 127: buff.ly/bnITBC4 Photo: Paul Steuber on Unsplash

From “Letter to Jane” by John Philip Johnson: As a kid I remember trying to watch myself fall asleep. Trying to observe that precise moment when I was no longer there. Read the entirety of “Letter to Jane” in issue 127: buff.ly/B8hYbFv Photo: Ellen Tanner on Unsplash

Friends in Canada: We have two Image reading groups in BC that would love new members. One is located in Vancouver proper and another is hoping to start and meet outside the city in Burnaby or New Westminster. If interested, contact Image staff (image@imagejournal.org).

We wish you a blessed Lenten season. Image Staff & Board

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Our Winter Issue Is Mailing Now Read Issue 127 here: buff.ly/aE4HFAr

“Eden” by Judith Chalmer in Image issue 126: Afterward, I continued the regular routines, walking each night to the shore, weaving past shops and the iron schoolyard fences... Read the complete poem here: buff.ly/0MgQ6KU Photo by Travis Leery on Unsplash

Registration now open: Glen 2026 in San Diego! ☀️ Click here for details: buff.ly/Dsq9WyS

Read John Hendrix on Cormac McCarthy’s The Road as a graphic novel: buff.ly/KZIQCBK Image from The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet, 2024.

From “The Cannon on the River” by John Poch: I don’t even walk home. I head toward the river that runs days to the ocean, head toward time, toward the notion I’ll run into someone fantastic.... Read the entire “The Cannon on the River” in issue 126: buff.ly/95ACaFd