The Mechanics of the Arts: Volume XIII, Issue 2, Summer 2021

This issue includes book reviews of academic, trade, art and fiction titles by the Editor, Anna Faktorovich, and a review of The Final Yen by Z. A. Burks. The essays section features an autobiographical narrative about poverty and the difficulties of working in the restaurant industry by Iva Cvjeticanin. Susie Gharib writes about physiognomical depiction in Virginia Woolf's The Waves. And Lesly F. Massey contributes the second part about the Old Testament of his Biblical inerrancy study. The poetry section includes a range of different styles from Philip Fried, William Heath, Layla Lenhardt, and Rob Luke. And the stories section includes a range from mini to longer narratives that attempt to comprehend the intricacies of humanity from Steve Carr, Tanni Haas, Jim De Marse (NYC playwriter/actor), Tom McNair, Kathleen Murphey, Noelle Shoemate and Jim Speese (singer in the Cloud Party band).