16.2 - Summer/Fall 2004

Table of Contents

Authors in this issue: Sculptures by Jay Sullivan, Linda Bierds, Nancy Eimers, Maggie Smith, G. C. Waldrep, Thomas Heise, Beth Woodcome, Radha Marcum, Steve Orlen, Paul Otremba, Kathleen Ossip, Amy Scattergood, Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Elisabeth Meyer, Orlando Ricardo Menes, John McKernan, Michael Robins, Matthew Thorburn, Tracy K. Smith, Alison Stine, Nance Van Winckle, Bryan Walpert, Daneen Wardrop, Joseph P. Wood, Monica Youn, Jason Zuzga, Jason Koo, Andrew Kozma, Rajana Varghese, Monica Parle, Pablo Peschiera, Sebrina Orah Mark, Justin Cronin, Randall Mann, Julianne Buchsbaum, Joe Meno, Stephanie Soileau, Anthony Varallo, Matthew Vollmer, Michelle Wildgen, Anne Carson, William Giraldi, Miki Howald, Alden Jones, Jackie Bartley, Mark Bibbins, Matthew Cooperman, Michalle Gould, Darcie Dennigan, Mike Dockins, Gary Duehr, Ryan Flaherty, Paul Guest, Joshua Harmon, Austin Hummell, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Anthony Lacavaro, David Lehman, Shara Lessley, Ada Limón, Timothy Liu,

Fiction

Tribe

Justin Cronin

Fiction

A Short Story about Love

Michalle Gould

Fiction

When Pluto Lost His Planetary Status

Stephanie Soileau

Fiction

Sleep

Anthony Varallo

Fiction

Will & Testament

Matthew Vollmer

Fiction

You Have No Idea

Michelle Wildgen

Non-Fiction

The Needle and the Damage Done

William Giraldi

Non-Fiction

I Don't Give a Damn

Miki Howald

Non-Fiction

The Answer Was No

Alden Jones

Poetry

Utility

Jackie Bartley

Poetry

Why Don't We Split Open

Mark Bibbins

Poetry

Prodigy

Linda Bierds

Poetry

Sans Merci

Linda Bierds

Poetry

Charles Jones and the Garden

Linda Bierds

Poetry

Beyond Florescence

Julianne Buchsbaum

Poetry

How to Do Things

Matthew Cooperman

Poetry

Eleven Thousand and One

Darcie Dennigan

Poetry

Poems of High Latitudes

Mike Dockins

Poetry

Consider

Gary Duehr

Poetry

Late September Drive

Nancy Eimers

Poetry

Bygones

Nancy Eimers

Poetry

Canticle against the Canticle

Ryan Flaherty

Poetry

Popular Romance

Paul Guest

Poetry

Landscape

Joshua Harmon

Poetry

Exeat

Thomas Heise

Poetry

Red Giant, White Dwarf

Thomas Heise

Poetry

Kasper Hauser

Austin Hummell

Poetry

I've Been Up Late Rereading the Book of Poems…

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Poetry

Snow Creates Its Own

Anthony Lacavaro

Poetry

Momento

David Lehman

Poetry

Two-Headed Nightingale

Shara Lessley

Poetry

13285 Arnold Drive

Ada Limón

Poetry

The Shortened History of Florida

Randall Mann

Poetry

Trastevere

Radha Marcum

Poetry

Reincarnation

Radha Marcum

Poetry

Corpse Theory

John McKernan

Poetry

Fury

Orlando Ricardo Menes

Poetry

Fable

Elisabeth Meyer

Poetry

I Love You. Who Are You?

Steve Orlen

Poetry

The Self-Help Mechanic

Amy Scattergood

Poetry

Away

Morgan Lucas Schuldt

Fiction

The Poem Speaks to Desperation

Maggie Smith

Poetry

The Poem Speaks to Nothing

Maggie Smith

Poetry

Duende

Tracy K. Smith

Poetry

The Curfew

Alison Stine

Poetry

About a Boat

Matthew Thorburn

Poetry

The Old Tow Path

Nance Van Winckle

Poetry

New Smyrna Aubade

G. C. Waldrep

Poetry

Gore Orphanage

G. C. Waldrep

Poetry

Etymology

Bryan Walpert

Poetry

Marco Polo to Frida Kahlo

Daneen Wardrop

Poetry

On Other Planets

Joseph P. Wood

Poetry

Paris

Beth Woodcome

Poetry

When Even You Will Be Quiet

Beth Woodcome

Poetry

Ignatz Pacificus

Monica Youn

Poetry

West

Jason Zuzga

Editor's Note

Statement, Emotion, Clarity, and the Pretty…

Pablo Peschiera