Vol. 80 no. 1
Fall 2013
EDITOR’S NOTE
The Goldilocks zone
FICTION
Elson Habib, Playing Black, Ponders the End Game, Brian Doyle
Whispering, Tony Naponic
Menial Work, Gladys Swan
ESSAY
Hippies and Beats, Edward Hoagland
Angels and Animales, Paula Streeter
When Bird Dogs Roamed the Earth, Dave Smith
Tony Naponic, introduction to the art, Elisabeth Kirsch
Robert is Waiting, Lewis Ellingham
Why Are You Telling Me This? An Essay on the Writers Craft, Philip Gerard
POETRY
On Necessity, Alice Friman
Two Poems, William Trowbridge
Moved by the Beauty of Trees, Ishion Hutchinson
Six Poems, Albert Goldbarth
Ghalib: Two Variations on a Ghazal, M. Shahid Alam
Two Poems, Joseph Millar
Fable, Mike White
REVIEWS & COMMENTARIES
“Girls Worth Wet Straw Shoes,” on a novel by Maija Rhee Devine, Lisa D. Stewart
“The Strength of Their Beliefs,” on the fiction of Carter Sickels, Abby Minor
ARTWORK
Artwork by Tony Naponic