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. Rickover • Donald 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 Florence • Leslie 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 Wife • Eric 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
46 Contributors