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August 2000

Wassily Kandinsky, "Improvisation I," 1911.
 
  • Marvin Bell
  • John Brehm
  • Derick Burleson
  • Michael Eilperin
  • Mary Gilliland
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Table of Contents

Poetry
  • John Updike
    • To Two of My Characters
    • Pura Vida
  • Katherine Smith
    • Belleville
  • Douglas Goetsch
    • The First Present You Could Never Remember Giving
  • Victoria Hallerman
    • Doll in a Suitcase
  • Holly Hunt
    • The Third Sister Considers Her Lack of Appreciation for Gritty Detail
  • John Brehm
    • At Coney Island
    • Circle
    • Scavengers
  • Greg Williamson
    • from Double Exposures
  • Marvin Bell
    • Sounds of the Resurrected Dead Man's Footsteps #52
  • Paul Lake
    • Martyr of Modernity
  • Michael Eilperin
    • The Extra Brain
  • Mary Gilliland
    • Drenched
  • Art Nahill
    • Deaf Night at O'Donnell's
    • Solidarity
  • Robin Robertson
    • Hide
  • Jason Gray
    • The Snow Leopard
  • David Wagoner
    • Lying in Ambush
  • A.E. Stallings
    • The Modern Greek for "Nightmare" Is "Ephialtes"
  • Derick Burleson
    • Umuzungu Wambere (First White Man)
    • Ejo
  • Elise Hempel
    • The Stroke
  • Wesley McNair
    • Massive
  • Linda Pastan
    • The Answering Machine
Comment
  • Tom Disch
    • A Rand McNally for the Realms of Gold
  • David Orr
    • Short Reviews
CONTRIBUTORS
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  • Elise Hempel
  • Holly Hunt
  • Paul Lake
  • Wesley McNair
  • Art Nahill
  • David Orr
  • Linda Pastan
  • Robin Robertson
  • Katherine Smith
  • A.E. Stallings
  • John Updike
  • David Wagoner
  • Greg Williamson
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