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3 /
Readers Awards,
winners |
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6 /
The Narrow Gate,
an editor’s note,
Robert
Stewart
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F I C T I O N |
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9 /
But You're Not,
Abby Frucht
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51 / Sip of Wine, Sara
Pritchard
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100 / The Guinea Pig,
Clancy Martin
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S S A Y S |
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27 /
Fermented Milk,
Renée Giovarelli
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143 / Friends with Fatima, Krista Eastman
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P O E T R Y |
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38 /
Two Poems, Maxine Kumin
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41 / Interpretation of
Tongues, Afaa M. Weaver
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42 / Silent Running, Dennis Finnell
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44 / The Book of Wishes,
Sam Taylor
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45 / Three Poems,
Michael Hudson
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48 /
Downpour, Robert
Dana
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50 / Constants of
Motion, Roald Hoffmann
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134 / Six Poems, Edward
Sanders
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T H I S S I D E
O F T H E W A R
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71/ Guest Feature Editor, Mia Leonin |
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72 / Like I'm Forgetting, Roy Scranton |
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74 / Two Poems, Jason Mccall |
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76 / Alice Paul, Noel Crook |
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77 / Two Poems, Elizabeth Hoover |
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80 / The Employee Manual of Standard Policies and Procedures,
Terrance Hayes |
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82 / Pantoum on Baghdad and Fish, Alexis Sellas |
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83 / Two Poems, Perry O'Brien |
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85 / Two Poems, Leslie Ann Minot |
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88 / Two Poems, Robert Funge |
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91 / Market Price, Baghdad, Susanna Lang |
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92 / A Shadow in the Rain, James Brock |
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94 / Those Holes Were His Eyes, Philip Metres |
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96 / Doing My Part, Paula Kolek |
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98 / The Bodies Beneath the Table, W.D. Ehrhart |
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99 / On the Doctrine of Pre-emption, Steve Kronen |
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I N T E R V I E W |
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119 / Introduction to Edward Sanders, Steve Paul |
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123 / An American History, Line by Line, interview, conducted
by Steve Paul, Edward Sanders |
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R
E V I E W S & C O M M E N T A R I E S |
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156 / Stephan Delbos, "Pressure Put on Poems," on the collected
poems of Jack Spicer. |
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159 / Michael Parker, "Carving Out a World," on Mia Leonin's
memoir. |
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162 / Peter Wolfe, "The Need to Keep Walking," on the fiction of
A.S. Byatt. |
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165 / Katherine D. Stutzman, "A Complicit Loneliness," on a
novel by Céline Curiol. |
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168 / Brent Newsom, "Double Word Score," on Kevin McFadden's
poems. |
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A
R T W O R K |
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Ellen Pearce, paintings, front (detail) & back covers, page
8. |
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Stephen Grote, photographs, pages 71, 73, 87, 90, 95, 97. |
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Nestor Arenas, photograph, page 155. |
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171 / Celebrations: News from Our Authors |
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172 / Visitors Log: The New Letters Guest Book |
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173 / New Programs: New Letters on the Air |
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174 / NOTES ON OUR WRITERS AND ARTISTS IN THIS ISSUE |