Issue No. 7 of The Bitter Magazine - first of three issues in 2024. 

A cover story by the great Hanif Abdurraqib. A "Letter From Home" by Fiona Prine. Azaleas, all the azaleas. Tennis, lost and found. Mind-bending photography of Trembling Earth, also known as our endangered Okefenokee Swamp. Paul Kwilecki photographs. A profile of journalist Curtis Wilkie. A strong sampling of fiction from novelist Taylor Brown. An ode to old school Southern cafeterias, Janisse Ray, a story on grief and tattoos, plus poetry from Jacqueline Woodson and Beth Ann Fennelly. And surprise, surprise (!) there's some very special Laotian rice growing in Appalachia.