Pangyrus literary magazine's anthology revolves powerfully around themes of choice: The consequences we face when we risk commitment. Or act--as we're always acting--on imperfect information, and compromised freedom. Enjoy these stories, poems, essays, chosen from among thousands of submissions for their ability to captivate and move us as readers and to connect us as citizens in a country where choice is increasingly fraught.

Fiction by Ginger Pinholster, Hesse Phillips, Gary Percesepe, Danny Leonard, and Tim Weed.

Poetry by Heather Jessen, Pamela Gemme, Julia Story, Ben Kline, Julia Lisella, Victor Hugo Mendevil, Hannah Marshall, Millicent Borges Accardi, Seth Leeper, Wendy Drexler, Shin Watanabe, Ariel Friedman, Caitlin Dwyer, Lillo Way, Lily Jarman-Reisch, Matthew Moniz, Lindsay Coleman, Ginnie Goulet Gavrin, Mervyn Seivwrigh, Julián Bañuelos, and Rodger LeGrand.

Essays by Tracy Hahn-Burkett, Tara Paterson, Kate Warrington, Darren Chase, Christy Tending, Anne Kenner, Thuy Phan, Linda Button, and Janet Pollock Millar.