293.2 Mar - Apr 2008
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ART
Cover Untitled [mixed media] • Sterling Hundley
18 Untitled [mixed media] • Mary Ann Blue Gotera
24 When Writers Strike [pen and ink] • Cydney Kelley and Gary Kelley
28 Untitled [pencil] • Li-Ying Bao
37 Untitled [pen and ink] • Jared Rogness
FICTION
18 Organic Shrapnel and Other Stories • Dennis Trudell
28 John & Xenia • Richard K. Weems
37 Peas • Cindy Gross
NONFICTION
42 A Democracy of Addicts • Franklin A. Kalinowski
43 Het Huis • Thomas McGuire
48 Cranks, Crazes, and Perfect Mental Sanity [Past Perfect] • Karen Tracey
POETRY
3 The Life Cycle of Moths • Kate Buckley
4 Elevator Conservation • Sarah Heffner
6 Reconstitution • Deborah Fries
7 "I Am Calm and Happy But Desperately Anxious to Live" • Joan Colby
7 Red • Elizabeth Hankaas
8 Secret Women • Michael Kriesel
8 Funerals in the South • Roy Bentley
9 Car Maps • Greg Braquet
10 The Secret Lives of Lady Gymnasts • George David Clark
11 Barry Dickson 1945- • Barry Dickson
11 Cabo San Lucas, 2007: A Double Abecedarian • Zebulon Huset
12 For My Mother • Susan Norris
13 She Learned • Kimiki McGonigle
13 Chin • B. V. Olguin
14 In Jealous Praise of Flannel Sheep Attire • Douglas F. Parham
15 Two Islands • Emily Lupita Plum
16 And Don't Forget the Fruit • Michael Spence
26 Dream Creatures • Joshua Wood
27 Apocalypse • Stephen Gibson
36 Postmortem: Eulene • Carolyne Wright
Twist-O-Flex Poetica • Diane Seussz
REVIEWS
40 Dismantling the Essence of Identity • Anne M. Drolet
41 Alternate Americas • Robert L. King
44 Crosscuts: Brief DVD Reviews • Grant Tracey
45 Synecdoche: Brief Poetry Reviews • Vince Gotera
