Vol. 84 no. 1
Fall 2017
EDITOR’S NOTE
Resolute, Robert Stewart
ESSAY
Afternoon with Michelle, Lisa Dawes Stewart
Between Sin and Sin: Border Crossings, Peter Chilson
Shrink, Sheila Kohler
The Mind, Kathrin Perutz
The Debt I Owe to Tony Beasley, Patrick Dobson
POETRY
Gigantic Day, Michelle Boisseau
A Gifted Woman, Thomas Stroik
There will be no hospice, Max McBride
Three Poems, Kelly Cherry
Two Poems, H.C. Palmer
Four Poems, Albert Goldbarth
After, Hilma Wolitzer
Two Poems, Cameron Morse
Two Poems, James Ragan
Two Poems, James Bargowski
Three Poems, from The Mackinac Suite, with art by Stanley Bielecky, James Bogan
The Skeptic Said, “All People Are Bad”, Gary Soto
Two Poems, Charles Harper Webb
The Hermit Speaks to His Dogs, Daniel Lusk
Two Poems, Carl Dennis
Walking All Night with Borges in Buenos Aires, a poem, Willis Barnstone
Five Poems, Willis Barnstone
REVIEWS & COMMENTARIES
“A New & Timeless Sappho,” on the new translation by Stanley Lombardo, Denise Low
“New England Alchemy,” on poems by Megan Grumbling, Kevin O’Connor
“Do What a Poem Does,” on a single poem by Greg Pape, Robert Stewart
INTRODUCTIONS & NOTES
Paula Streeter: The Art of Empty Dresses, Robert Stewart
Empty Dresses: An Introduction to the Art, Paula Streeter
Willis Barnstone, a celebration at 90, Robert Stewart
Willis Barnstone: Bibliography of contributions to New Letters (1973-2017), New Letters’ Staff
America the Beautiful: An Introduction to the Art, Garry Noland
ARTWORK
Photograph by Lisa Stewart & Sarah Handler
Multi-media artwork by Garry Noland & Paula Streeter