Francie Shaw is a painter living in the Bay Area with her husband Bob Perelman. These two works are from her series “Rex Works,” using collages from the daily comix Rex Morgan M.D. 

Bob Perelman is a poet. His latest book is Chatty Fossils from Roof Books.

Rae Armantrout’s recent book Go Figure came out from Wesleyan in August of 2024. Her next book, Safe Rooms, will be published by Wesleyan in 2026. She is professor emerita at UC San Diego.

Note, amid the difference, the continual suggestions of connectivity