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February 1980

 
  • Jim Hall
  • Tom Johnson
  • Paris Leary
  • Sandra McPherson
  • Philip Murray
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Table of Contents

  • Sandra McPherson
    • The Jet Engine
    • Haze
    • Lullaby
    • Debut
    • Black Soap
  • Roger Weingarten
    • Clay Tenements
    • Tunnel Effect
  • Barton Sutter
    • Static
    • Shoe Shop
  • Philip Murray
    • On the Death of Steele's Father
  • Tom Johnson
    • Vermeer
  • John Wakeman
    • Love in Brooklyn
  • Marcia Southwick
    • The Night Won't Save Anyone
  • Bruce Smith
    • Winter and Spring. Things I Forgot to Tell Thean Logan before She Left
  • Michael Ryan
    • A Shape for It
  • David Weiss
    • The Landlord
  • Evan Zimroth
    • Another Trashy Aubade
    • Unfinished Portraits
    • On Hearing That Childbirth Is like Orgasm
    • Lilly's Song
  • Jim Hall
    • Sorting the Photos
  • Paris Leary
    • Gaudeamus Igitur
    • Oxford Commination
  • Robert W. Watson
    • God as Magician
    • Lost
    • Repossessed
    • Abandoned Husband
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  • Dave Smith
    • Perpetual Worlds Taking Place
  • Penelope Laurans
    • In Another Direction
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Jim Hall
  • Tom Johnson
  • Penelope Laurans
  • Paris Leary
  • Sandra McPherson
  • Philip Murray
  • Michael Ryan
  • Bruce Smith
  • Dave Smith
  • Marcia Southwick
  • Barton Sutter
  • John Wakeman
  • Robert W. Watson
  • Roger Weingarten
  • David Weiss
  • Evan Zimroth
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