Issue Nine

Letter from the Editor: From its inception I have wanted Traffic East to be more than an ordinary magazine... more »
Thom Ward’s Mojo–Sounding like Himself by Karen Lewis and Jennifer Tappenden: What we’re really trying to do is get poetry... more »
Poetry: From the collection Awhile by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Rick Hilles and Maja Jablonska. Published by BOA Editions, Ltd. and used with permission. more »
Architecture: “The Guaranty Building” by Thomas H. Yorty: It will take your breath away... more »
Diversity in Design: Emanuela Frattini Magnusson by Laura Noe: For Emanuela Frattini Magnusson, her profession as an architect and designer... more »
The Montreal Bistro: Jazz Is Alive and Well And Living In Toronto by Tom Fleming: Entering the front door of The Montreal Bistro in Toronto... more »
FICTION (excerpts): “Los Angeles” by Peter Moore Smith: Downtown, the smog is absolute. more »
Don't Forget by Beth Geyer Drawing by Lori Taschler: My father suffers from Alzheimer’s... more »
Everyday Artisans by Vincent McConeghy: Nearly a decade ago, I began the commercial enterprise of baking bread. more »
Wine: Pauillac by Caroline Kooshoian and Terry Bechakas photos by Dellas: When the Marquis de Lafayette decided to leave France... more »
Church Stories by Mark Goldman and Keith Frome: This crumbling, private chapel lies at the end of the Via Latina in the tiny town of Pantuliano... more »
Lorraine Hansberry in the Snow by Edwidge Danticat: I slept through my first blizzard... more »
The Symphonic Tourist by JoAnn Falletta: Despite perils, problems and challenges to the voyager’s patience, more »
The Perfect Coctail by Rachel Nathan: On my quest to find the “Perfect Cocktail,” more »
Eduard J. Steichen at the Albright: Eduard J. Steichen, Nocturne-Orangerie Staircase, Versailles, ca. 1910 more »