The art on the cover of issue 2 is a print called “Dawn’s Early Light,” by DC-area artist Joseph Craig English. It is an image of the Jefferson Memorial cast in silhouette. And the silhouetted branches hovering in the foreground are—you guessed it—cherry trees!

Inside the issue is brand-new poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from Rick Barot, Katie Berger, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Sara Biggs Chaney, Jennifer S. Cheng, Claudia Emerson, Vievee Francis, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Roy Kesey, Sally Rosen Kindred, Keetje Kuipers, Elline Lipkin, Dave Madden, Dániel Nyikos, Wendy Oleson, Matthew Olzmann, Emilia Phillips, sam sax, Aaron Smith, Girija Tropp, Nicole Walker, Lesley Wheeler, and Laura Madeline Wiseman.

The issue is due to be released on February 15, 2016. And if you haven’t already, today is the perfect day to subscribe!