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October 1990

 
  • Kathleen Atkins
  • Lucille Broderson
  • Alice Friman
  • Sharon Hashimoto
  • Greg Johnson
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Mixing the Patches

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Table of Contents

  • Sandra McPherson
    • Mixing the Patches
    • Affirmation against Critics
  • Cathy Song
    • Mother on River Street
    • The Grammar of Silk
  • Sharon Hashimoto
    • Dandelion
    • The Mirror of Matsuyama
  • Mary Karr
    • Final Position
  • Wesley McNair
    • Trying to Find Her Teeth
  • David Wojahn
    • White Lanterns
  • Alice Friman
    • Birthday in Autumn
  • Deirdre O'Connor
    • My Grandfather's Cronies
    • Almost Nothing
Comment
  • Alfred Corn
    • How To Enjoy Reading Poetry Again
    • The Transparent Man, by Anthony Hecht
    • The Want Bone, by Robert Pinsky
    • Westward, by Amy Clampitt
    • Hermit with Landscape, by Daniel Hall
    • Near Changes, by Mona Van Duyn
Contents
  • Alfred Corn
    • Grace Notes, by Rita Dove
CONTRIBUTORS
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  • Alice Friman
  • Sharon Hashimoto
  • Mary Karr
  • Wesley McNair
  • Sandra McPherson
  • Deirdre O'Connor
  • Cathy Song
  • David Wojahn
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