FIFTH WEDNESDAY JOURNAL Fifth Wednesday Journal is an independent biannual literary journal based in Lisle, IL. Each issue contains contemporary original short fiction, poetry, essays, book reviews, and black & white photography. Guest editors for this issue are Edie Meidav and Monica Berlin. This issue contains work by Greg Bathon, Marianne Boruch, James Carpenter, Reginald Gibbons, Dale M. Kushner, Marge Piercy, Michael Ravitch, Rob Shore, Leigh Wells, Michael Zapata, and others.