Vol. 75 no. 1
Fall 2008/2009
EDITOR’S NOTE
Emphatically, Yes, Robert Stewart
FICTION
Family Museum of the Ancient Postcards, Stephanie Powell Watts
Slighted, Olufunke Grace Bankole
Chicory, Paul Zimmer
Two Stories: Leave It on the Counter & Wedding Reception, Ryan Clary
ESSAY
Field Notes for the Graveyard Enthusiast, Hemley Robin
Potholes on the Yellow Brick Road, Walter Bargen
Chasing Jack, Thomas E. Kennedy
A commentary, Post-Election Postscript, A.F. Agrusa
POETRY
Walking the Wife, Elizabeth Kirschner
Ursus arctos horriblis (Grizzly), Lisa Sewell
Two Poems, Laura Kasischke
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Doug Sanders
Yellow Fever: Holly Springs, MS, September 1878, John Bensko
Occupation Plan of a Basement, translated by Marilyn Hacker, Charles Dobzynski
Shore Birds, Steve Paul
Three Poems, Tony Barnstone
INTERVIEW
Ever in Good Stead, an interview with Thomas E. Kennedy, conducted by Olka Elliott
REVIEWS & COMMENTARIES
The Object Itself in Story Telling, on the poetry of Charles Reznikoff, Conger Beasley Jr.
European Relations, on the new European poets, George Fitzpatrick
Through the Portal and Back, on the poetry of David Ray, Robert Stewart
Diligent Disquisition on Dead, and Life, on the fiction of Julian Barnes, Peter Wolfe
ARTWORK
Photographs by Margie Hemley, Michael Sinclair, and Eli Reichman