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August 1997

 
  • Dan Bellm
  • D Berry
  • David Bottoms
  • John Brehm
  • Turner Cassity
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THE GATEHOUSE HEAVEN

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THE TALK

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SEA LANGUAGE

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Table of Contents

Poetry
  • James Kimbrell
    • THE GATEHOUSE HEAVEN
  • Gregory Orr
    • THE TALK
  • John L. O'Donnell
    • SEA LANGUAGE
  • John Brehm
    • WHEN MY CAR BROKE DOWN
    • INCOMMUNICADO
  • Dan Bellm
    • HOMAGE
  • David Wagoner
    • A LETTER HOME
  • David Bottoms
    • THEIR FATHER'S TATTOO
    • BRONCHITIS
  • Henry M. Seiden
    • UNKNOWN SOLDIERS
  • Faye George
    • MY FATHER'S PEOPLE
  • Rika Lesser
    • ABOUT HER
  • Robert McDowell
    • Elegy in August
  • Richard Hague
    • PITCH PINE
  • Leslie Ullman
    • ENTROPY
  • Albert Goldbarth
    • PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE COUNTERS CLUB
  • Brian Wickers
    • ACCOUNT
  • D C Berry
    • GRANDFATHER
  • Turner Cassity
    • EX MACHINA
  • Melody Davis
    • IT ONLY STARTS
Comment
  • David Baker
    • Romantic Melancholy, Romantic Excess
CONTRIBUTORS
  • David Baker
  • Dan Bellm
  • D C Berry
  • David Bottoms
  • John Brehm
  • Turner Cassity
  • Melody Davis
  • Faye George
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • Richard Hague
  • James Kimbrell
  • Rika Lesser
  • Robert McDowell
  • John L. O'Donnell
  • Gregory Orr
  • Henry M. Seiden
  • Leslie Ullman
  • David Wagoner
  • Brian Wickers
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