ISSUE #1

Editorial

Forging a Poetry of Hope
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Poetry

Christine Anne Pratt

Harriet Pasca-Ortgies

Valerie Senyk

Fiction

The White Dog
by Maya Bohnhoff

Memoir

Riding a Purple Bicycle
in the City of Isfahan
by Sahba

Reviews

Luminous Journey
by Anne and Tim Perry

Prison Poems
by Mahvash Sabet

Column

The Writing Life: Beginnings
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Art

Paintings
by Honnie Goode

Paintings
by Louise Mould

ISSUE #2

Editorial

Art at the Intersection of the Worlds

Poetry

Michael Fitzgerald

YoungIn Doe (in English and Korean)

Arlette George

Fiction

The Munich Girl
by Phyllis Ring

Memoir

Birds
by Holiday Reinhorn

Writing Life

Notes on the Poetic Process
by Michael Fitzgerald

Essays

The Art of Ecstasy in the Poetry of Stanley Kunitz
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Looking Back on Books

Fiction: Big Cats
by Holiday Reinhorn

Nonfiction: Chinese Brushstrokes
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Art

Paintings
by Jean Reece

Photographs
by Bev Rennie

ISSUE #3

Editorial

Rumi, Race, and Religion

Poetry

Celestial Navigations
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

On Writing Poetry Inspired by the Bahá’í Writings

Fiction

Rumi’s Lost Diary
by Shahin Mowzoon

Nine O-Clock Blue
by Teresa Henkle Langness

The Writing Life

Translating Rumi
by Anthony Lee

Essays

Margaret Danner, the Black Arts Movement, and the Bahá’í Faith
by Richard Hollinger

Voices of Iran

Reading Anne Frank in Isfahan
by Sahba

Looking Back on Books

Love is My Savior
by Anthony Lee

Swallowing the Sun
by Franklin D. Lewis

Tahirih: A Portrait in Poetry
by Amin Banani, Jascha Kessler, and Anthony A. Lee

Art

Calligraphy
by Burhan Zahra’i

ISSUE #4

Editorial

The Spiritual Lives of Children

Fiction

The Imperfect Pilgrim
by Ron Tomanio

“Maggie’s Forever Friend”
by Patti Rae Tomarelli

The Red Roan Stallion
by Beverlee Patton

Poetry

Three Poems
by Susan Engle

“Advice to a Daughter”
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Picture Books

The Painting

Essays

Two Decades of Spirit of Children: A Retrospective
by Allison Grover Khoury

Brilliant Star: Looking Back on 36 Years of an Award-Winning Children’s Magazine
by Susan Engle

Interviews

Interview with Mary Victoria, author of Chronicles of the Tree

Looking Back on Books

Lilly and Peggy
by Ronald Tomanio

Maggie Celebrates Ayyám-i-Há
by Patti Rae Tomarelli

Kamal’s Day
by Leona Hosack

Art

Paintings
by Jeannie Hunt

Translations

“He is God! O God,I am an innocent child.”
translated by Shahin Mowzoon

Voices of Iran

Children of Destiny
by Basir Samimi

ISSUE #5

Editorial

Art as a One Eared Mad Man

Fiction

Ivory and Paper
by Ray Hudson

Poetry

Patricia Ranzoni

Lynn Ascrizzi

Monte Schooley

The Writing Life

Joining the Circle: Art and Spirituality at Little Pond and “A Prayer in Nine Postures”

Essays

Life in a Maine Village:
Sarah Orne Jewett and the Pace of Fiction

Looking Back on Books

Moments Rightly Placed: An Aleutian Memoir
by Ray Hudson

Things We Left Unsaid
a novel by Zoya Pirzad

Art

Artwork
by Jim Schoppert

Reinventing Tradition: The Art of Jim Schoppert
by Ray Hudson

Voices of Iran

A Small Piece of Heaven on Earth
by Saba Shadabi

ISSUE #6

Editorial

His Pen

Translations

O Nightingales!
by Nader Saiedi and Anthony A. Lee

Tablet addressed to Ali
by Nader Saiedi

Arabic Devotional Writings
by Stephen Lambden

Tablet of the Sun of Reality
by Stephen Lambden

Essays

The Art of Translation
by Brian Miller

Signs: Quranic Themes in the Writings of the Báb
by Todd Lawson

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

O Pen!
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Photo Narrative

Bahá’u’lláh in the Holy Land: Dwellings, Gardens, and Resting Place
by Dean Wilkey

Voices of Iran

A Glimpse of the Glorious Landscape of Freedom
by Rojin Ghavami

Art

Calligraphy
by Dr. Muhammad Afnan

Looking Back on Books

Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh for Bahá’í Holy Days

ISSUE #7

Editorial

Cancer, Comics, and the Healing Power of Art

Poetry

James Andrews

Translations

“If I Should Gaze Upon Your Face” by Tahirih
translated by Shahin Mowzoon and Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Selections from Rumi
translated by Shahin Mowzoon and adapted by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Essays

A Landscape Yearning Towards the Light: A Year with the Paintings of Catharine McAvity
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Art

Paintings
by Catharine McAvity

Comic

“Ruhi & Riaz”
by Eira

Voices of Iran

Sweet Fruit
by Anisa Bahamin

Looking Back on Books

The Incomparable Friend
by Shirin Sabri and Sue Podger

The Story of the Báb as a Child
by Will van den Hoonaard and Gloria Savoie

ISSUE #8

Editorial

Forms of Exaltation: New Art for a New Age

Poetry

Poems
by Imelda Maguire

e*lix*ir poets on the Kilkenny Poetry Trail

Translations

“I Tremble” by Rumi
translated by Anthony A. Lee and Nesreen Akhtarkhavari

The Writing Life

Telling the Story of a Queen
by Della Marcus

Memoir

Red
by Lauren Laisying Turner

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

The Mystery of Proximity and Remoteness
by A. Philip Christensen

A Night Never Before Witnessed
by Patricia Verge

Art

Paintings
by Brad Pokorny

Comic

Ruhi & Riaz
by Eira

Voices of Iran

The Love Bird
by Zarrin Kasiri

Looking Back on Books

Glimpses of Hope, Selected Poems by Michael Fitzgerald
by Rhonda Palmer

Point by Point: An Anthology of Poems...

State of the Art: Books for Children
by Allison Grover Khoury

ISSUE #9

Editorial

This Holy Land of Persia by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Personal Reflection Piece

The Gate to Eternal Life by Roxana Karamzadeh

Sweet Fruit

A Small Window on the Big Blue Sky by Mahtab Rezvani

Planting Seeds by Shadi Saadat

Broken Dreams by Roxana Karamzadeh

* Reading Anne Frank in Isfahan by Sahba

* Sweet Fruit by Anisa Bahamin

In the Land of Persia

An Alley Called Golestan by Nabil Zarei

Culinary Sisters-in-Law by Neda Akhavan

My Grandfather’s Library by Siavash Haghighat

* A Small Piece of Heaven on Earth by Saba Shadabi

* Riding a Purple Bicycle in the City of Isfahan by Sahba

Holy Places and People

Maku and the Muslim Man by Shadi Saadat

Fort Tabarsi and The Courage of the Brave Bábís by Negin Rezghi

The Cloak by Shadi Sadaat

The Mysterious Box by Sara Shakeri

Haji Assad, the Great Teacher of Seysan by Shadi Saadat

* A Glimpse of the Glorious Landscape by Rojin Ghavami

Through a Child’s Eyes

The Grief of War by Tanin Azadi

An Earthen House by Nava Habibi

A Cherished Dream by Elmira G.

The Golden Crown by Shaghayegh Rashedi

A Dream of Childhood by Basir Samimi

* The Love Bird by Zarrin Kasiri

Comic

Ruhi & Riaz
by Eira

From Yazd to New Delhi

A Weekend in a One Hundred Star Hotel by Saba Shadabi

The Long Journey from Yazd to Tihran by Ali F.

The Road at the End of the World by Tanin Azadi

My Soul Dances in New Delhi by Roxana Karamzadeh

The Turkish Girl by Nava Habibi

The Left Hand of an Artist

The Left Hand of an Artist by Sara Shakeri

To Sing or not to Sing by Ellie

A Sympathetic Friend by Farina Shafei

Taraneh Alidoosti, My Hero by Nava Habibi

ISSUE #10

Overview

Issue Cover

Editorial

Pandemics, Pandemonium, and Prayer

Poetry

Poems
by Andréana E. Lefton

Memoir

An Invisible Wave
by Elizabeth M. Green

The Writing Life

Bodies of Water
by Andréana E. Lefton

Essays

The Luminous Particular in the Poetry of Jane Kenyon
by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

The Day-Star of Blissfulness
by Kathryn Barlow

Art

Paintings
by Edward Epp

Comic

Ruhi & Riaz
by Eira

Voices of Iran

The Path of Perfection
by Tanin Azadi

Looking Back on Books

The State of the Art: Books for Bahá’í Children, 2019
by Allison Grover Khoury

ISSUE #11

Overview

Issue Cover

Editorial

• Looking with the Eyes of Faith

e*lix*ir Poetry Collective

• James Andrews

• Harriet Fishman

• Sandra Lynn Hutchison

• A.E. Lefton

• Imelda Maguire

• YoungIn Doe

Translations

• Remembered Music by Rumi, translated by Shahin Mowzoon

The Writing Life

• The e*lix*ir Poetry Collective Writes the Creation by James Andrews

Essays

• Love in a Time of Distances by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• A Finely-Tempered Sword by Melika Rezvani

• Knowing God through His Creation by Nava Eslami

Art

• Fabric Art by Helen Butler

Comic

• Ruhi & Riaz by Eira

Voices of Iran

• An Army of Two Hundred Men by Ighan Aghdasi Yekta

• The Goddess by Saba Sobhanian

Looking Back on Books

• Rooms Are Never Finished by Agha Shahid Ali

ISSUE #12

Overview

Issue Cover

Editorial

• The Intimacy of Art

The Writing Life

• ‘I Go to Paper’: A Conversation with Ruth Forman by Andréana Elise

Poetry

• Anthony A. Lee

Translations

• “If I Should Gaze Upon Your Face” by Tahirih
Chinese translation by Zijing Pan DiCenzo

Essays

• In the Noble, Sacred Place: One Rainy Day in a Holy City by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Interviews

• Anne Gordon Perry on Writing for Film

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• O Nightingales of God! by James Braun

Artist Profile

• Benjamin Hatcher, Dancer by Joyce Litoff

Art

• Nadema Agard

• Beth Yazhari

Comic

• Ruhi & Riaz by Eira

Voices of Iran

• The Cherry Orchard by Paria Bakhshi

• A Wedding in Prison by Melika Rezvani

Looking Back on Books

• In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Story Behind the Stories by J. Michael Kafes

• How One Jewish Woman Poet Remade the Wor(l)d: Alicia Ostriker’s The Little Space: Poems Selected and New (1989-1996) by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

ISSUE #13

Overview

Issue Cover

Editorial

• Sacred Stories: Beyond Joy and Pain

Events

• Global Poetry Reading Honors ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

The Writing Life

• The Fountain and the Thirsty One by Mahvash Sabet

Poetry

• Christine Anne Pratt

• Elegy with Mourning Dove and Red-Tailed Hawk by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

• Dana Paxson

Essays

• An Opening in the Curtain by Martha Washington

Interviews

• Encountering Beauty: An Interview with Painter and Photographer Chris Page by Christine Anne Pratt

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• The Wound is Where the Light Enters by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Artist Profile

• Interview with Mahvash Sabet by Raha Sabet Sarvestany

• Persian Poems by Mahvash Sabet

Art

• Chris Page

Voices of Iran

• Thy Court of Holiness by Mahsa Foroughian

• The Silence of Being Heard by Nazanin Eslami

• The All-Highest Paradise by Melika Rezvani

State of the Art

• Books for Children by Allison Grover Khoury

Looking Back on Books

• Pearls of Bounty and Light of the World

• Agnes Parsons’ Diary by Richard Hollinger

• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Perfect Exemplar by Dariush Lami

ISSUE #14

Overview

Issue Cover

Editorial

• Our Green Island

Artist Profile

• Poems by Tami Haaland

• An Interview with Tami Haaland

The Writing Life

• Giving Voice to the Dispossessed by Anton Floyd

Poetry

Poems from the Global Poetry Reading Honoring ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

• Imelda Maguire

• Anthony A. Lee

• Harriet Fishman

• Valerie Senyk

• James Andrews

Essays

• The Literary Life of Rosey Pool by Richard Hollinger

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• Our Verdant Isle by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

• The Circle of Existence by Susan Mottahedeh

Art

Our Green Island

• Pam Jackson

• Nikki Manitowabi

Comic

• Ruhi & Riaz by Eira

Voices of Iran

• The Holiest Part of the Desert by Nava

• A New Qiblih by Nahal Lofti

Books

• Anton Floyd’s Falling Into Place and Depositions by Jim Burke

• The Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

ISSUE #15

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview

• Issue Cover

Editorial

• “Their only crime...”

Holy Soil

• Holy Soil: The Endurance of the Bahá’ís of Iran by Ighan

• Hadigheh: A Bahá’í House of Worship in Tehran by Saba

• The Blue Prayer Book by Hannan Hashemi

• In Front of the School by Nava

• The Roll-Away Pumpkin by Tanin Azadi

• The Castle at Maku by Nogol Sadri

The Scent of Roses

• The Scent of Roses by Nooshin Mavaddati

• A Great Green Enigma by Mehrsa Mastoori

• My Tiny Fruit Garden by Foad Bahrami

• My Blessed Spot by Hannan Hashemi

• Spring in My Grandmother’s Yard by Morvarid Ighani

• The Garden of Memories by Sama Khalili

Candles in the Darkness

• The Candle in My Family by Alhan

• A Shower of Bullets by Daniel Sabet Rasekhi

• From Thief to Benefactor by Foad Bahrami

• The Green Handprint by Nava

• The Kolahduz of Barfurush by Sama Khalili

• An Immortal Man by Taranom

• The Whisper by Andisheh Taslimi

Poetry

• From A Tale of Love by Mahvash Sabet
translated by Shahin Mowzoon and Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• Calamity: The Path to Eternity by Hannan Hashemi

• The Way Home by Daniel Sabet Rasekhi

• The Light in the Darkness by Sama Khalili

• From Your Inmost Being by Taraneh

Letters

• A Small Light in a Dark Room by Andisheh Taslimi

• Hope for the Future of Iran by Mehrsa Mastoori

Art

• Painting and Interview with Shahriar Cyrus by Mehrsa Mastoori

• Resilience by Lynn Miller

ISSUE #16

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview

• Issue Cover

Editorial

• The Art of a Loving Correspondence

The Writing Life

• Trust in Poetry by Tami Haaland

Features

• The Beautiful Foolishness of Things, A collaborative work by poet Sandra Lynn Hutchison, composer Margaret Henderson, and painter Inger Gregory

• Writing Music for The Beautiful Foolishness of Things, by Margaret Henderson

Poetry

• Heather Anne Hutchison

• Victor Kulkosky

• Linette Kuy

Essays

• The Art of Losing by Victor Kulkosky

• Yearning for Water: The Story of a Traveling Quilt by Bradford Miller

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• Fire and Paradise by James Andrews

Letters

• Dreaming of a Better Iran: A Letter to Our Fellow Citizens by a Few Bahá’í Students

Translations

• “I Want to Walk With You” translated by Bashir Sayyah

Comics

• Ruhi & Riaz by Eira

Voices of Iran

• Keeping the Eternal Garden by Maryam Afzal and Saam Mozafari

• Mrs. Mansouri’s Mission

• Nothing but the Sanctity of the Desert

• Five Days

Interviews

• Art and the Creative Process: An Interview with Hooper C. Dunbar by Nancy Lee Harper

• An Interview with Erfan Hosseini, Santur Player by Mehrsa Mastoori

Arts

• Paintings by Hooper C. Dunbar

State of the Art

• Books for Children by Allison Grover Khoury

Looking Back on Books

• Forty-eight Fragments by Imelda Maguire

• The Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove by Lorraine Hétu Manifold

• Walking to Martha’s Vineyard by Franz Wright

• Soul of the Maine House by Bradford Miller

Films

• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in France by Perry Productions

ISSUE #17

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview

• Issue Cover

Editorial

• Art and Advocacy

Fiction

• The Bluest Part of the Sky by Tanin

• The Lake by Nourin Omidi

• The Rope by Mehrsa Mastoori

Plays

• Tahereh and Jamshid: A One-Act Play by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Feature

• The Skies She Didn’t See: Paintings & Poetry by Jean Wilkey and Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Letters

• A Letter to Mona from Shiraz by Maava

• A Letter to Mona from Yazd by Bahar Rohani

Poetry

• Soul Garments by June Paisa Perkins

Remembering the Ten Martyrs of Shiraz

• The Patio by Nourin Omidi

• A Free Spirit by Nava Nazifi

• The Flowers of Shiraz: My Spiritual Superheroes by Shadi Tajeddini

• Mona Mahmoudnejad: Through the Eyes of a Child by Kimiya Roohani

• The Other Mona: Forever Seventeen by Mona Shahgholi

• The Flowers of Shiraz: The Story of a Play by Hannan Hashemi

• Free Spirits and Butterflies by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

Prison Stories

• One Stitch at a Time by Sama Khalily

• Where is Hannan Hashemi? by Sandra Lynn Hutchison

• My Thirty-Four Days in an Iranian Prison by Hannan Hashemi

Dreams and Visions

• What Mona Wanted: A Prayer for Resilience by Kimiya Roohani

• I Dream of a Country by Maava

• The Dreams of a Planet Earth Citizen by Shadi Tajeddini

• Iran Will Rise by Taranom

Personal Reflections on Bahá’í Texts

• The Power of Faith in Facing Afflictions by Ghazal

Comics

• Ruhi & Riaz by Sama Khalily

Announcements

• More Prison Poems — A Tale of Love by Mahvash Sabet