Vol. 83 nos. 2 & 3

Winter/Spring 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE

The Process, Robert Stewart

FICTION

Lupinski, Myron Taube

Taking Down the Pear Tree, Jendi Reiter

ESSAY

Jesus as Poet, Bradley Harrison

A Man Down There, Mark Osteen

Ballerina and Bird Lady, J. Malcolm Garcia

Sleeping Together, Edward Hoagland

POETRY

The Recluse, Andrew Hubbard 
Four Poems, Carrie Etter 
A History, 1896, and the Kingfisher, John Peterson 
Six Poems, Deborah Bogen 
My Unlce Bud Was No Fan of Jazz Until He Accidentally Heard Thelonious Monk, David Clewell 
Two Poems, Ted Kooser 
Four Poems, Lola Haskins 
Three Poems, Gary Gildner 
Three Poems, Christopher Buckley 
Three Poems, William Trowbridge 
Four Poems, Albert Goldbarth 
Two Poems, Daniel Bourne

SPECIAL JAZZ FEATURE

Introduction: Jazz Writing, Robert Stewart 
Two Poems, Denise Low 
Two Poems, Kevin Rabas 
Two Poems, Alfred Kisubi 
Two Poems, Stanley E. Banks 
Two Poems, Marina Jaffe 
Mentor, David Basse 
Three Poems, Dan Jaffe 
Photos, Mbembe Milton Smith 
Two Poems, Thomas McAfee

REVIEWS & COMMENTARIES

“Gestures of Survival”, on Lynn Levin’s translation of poems by Odi Gonzales, Carolyne Wright 

“Life off the Page,” on the work of John le Carré, Peter Wolfe 

“Jam Sessions,” on the rousing new novel by R.M. Kinder, John Check

ARTWORK

Photographs by Kareen King
Fine art by Robert Naujoks