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