291.5 Sep - Oct 2006

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ART

Cover   Song of the Lodzh Ghetto [watercolor on paper] • Warren Linn

13   [Pencil] • Kim Behm

18   [Pen and ink] • Jared Rogness

24   [A Day in the Park] • Nathan Leslie

28   [Wood and paint assemblage] • Daniel Weiss

47   Nautilus Bridge [digital montage print on paper] • Roy R. Behrens

 

FICTION

13   Elegy for Piano and Three Voices • Kris Rusch

18   Strung Out in Suburbia • H. Palmer Hall

24   A Day in the Park • Nathan Leslie

28   These Moments Brief as Clouds of Breath in Cold Air • Katherine Angus

 

NONFICTION

3   Gardening at Night • Sheryl St. Germain

37   The 666 Coin-Op • William Newmiller

47   A Tribute to Roy R. Behrens

48   Mr. Holland, Meet Mr. RickoverDonald Anderson

 

POETRY

12   The Idea of Order at Fifth Avenue • Ricardo Pau-Llosa

12   Oubliette • Rebecca Dunham

17   Mercy • Leslie Williams

17   Rounding Up the Mimes • A. M. Juster

25   The Religious Convictions of June Bugs • Sarah Mayville

26   Sweet Fruits • Myrna Sandvik

26   The Cardinal • Fredrick Farryl Goodwin

27   Yehoshua’s Star • Matthew Gavin Frank

31   Pregnant in FlorenceLeslie Adrienne Miller

32   A Charm for the Highest Score • Stephanie Lenox'

34   Still Life with Dust & Deep Summer Shadows • Robert Dana

35   The Famous Poet’s WifeEric Paul Shaffer

36   Light in History • Rob Stothart

36   At Gettysburg National Military Park • Lee Harlin Bahan

36   Military Women • Colleen J. McElroy

 

REVIEWS

38   Politics, Language, and Terror • Robert L. King

44   Crosscuts: Brief DVD Reviews • Grant Tracey

45   Synecdoche: Brief Book Reviews • Vince Gotera

 

MISCELLANY

2   From the Editors

46   Contributors