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July 1987

 
  • Peter Balakian
  • Deborah Boe
  • Neal Bowers
  • Peter Cooley
  • James Dickey
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Family Album

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The Garden at Giverny

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And Yahweh Closed the Door behind Noah

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Table of Contents

  • Diane Stevenson
    • Family Album
    • Lullaby
    • Matins
    • Sources of Light
  • Aleda Shirley
    • The Garden at Giverny
    • Cant
  • Deborah Boe
    • And Yahweh Closed the Door behind Noah
    • Mary of Bethany
    • About Lazarus
  • Barry Goldensohn
    • Witness
    • Her Husband Speaks after Her Death
  • Susan Wood
    • On Fire
    • Sunday Nights
  • Jayanta Mahapatra
    • Of Independence Day
  • Peter Cooley
    • The Boy Child
    • Seascape with Attendant Premonitions
    • Fathers and Sons
  • James L. Dickey
    • The Little More
  • Peter Balakian
    • Father, 4-F, 1941
    • Flat Sky of Summer
  • Gail Mazur
    • A Small Plane from Boston to Montpelier
    • Ware's Cove
  • Jon Veinberg
    • Spirits of the Wind
    • Refugee
  • Neal Bowers
    • Night Builder
  • Ed Ochester
    • New Day
Short Reviews
  • Robert B. Shaw
    • Short Reviews
    • Imperfect Love, by Miller Williams
    • Unending Blues, by Charles Simic
    • Ultramarine, by Raymond Carver
    • The Laws of Ice, by Reynolds Price
    • Foreseeable Futures, by William Matthews
    • Dust Light, Leaves, by Christopher Buckley
    • Cemetery Nights, by Stephen Dobyns
    • Glassworks, by David Wojahn
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Peter Balakian
  • Deborah Boe
  • Neal Bowers
  • Peter Cooley
  • James L. Dickey
  • Barry Goldensohn
  • Jayanta Mahapatra
  • Gail Mazur
  • Ed Ochester
  • Robert B. Shaw
  • Aleda Shirley
  • Diane Stevenson
  • Jon Veinberg
  • Susan Wood
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