Winter 2006

CONTENTS
 
ESSAYS
Mary Clearman Blew, “Freaks,” 529
William Jay Smith, “Lewis Carroll, the Poet,” 557
Molly S. Hutton, “Snowed In: The Paintings of Melissa A. Miller,” 582
Paul Zimmer, “Rough Flocks,” 593
Sarah Aswell, “The Art of War,” 607
Allison Smythe, “Double or Nothing,” 623
Ian Ganassi, “Ephemeras of the Tangent Swarm,” 656
 
FICTION
G. K. Wuori, “Why We Are in Iraq,” 509
Meg Donohue, “Women of Impeccable Wit,” 547
Sarah Blackman, “At 8:15 on Tuesday Morning,” 571
Elizabeth Oness, “Underwater Adventure,” 597
Kevin Clouther, “Isabelle and Colleen,” 635
 
POETRY
Christine Rhein, “Another Good Kid Shot Dead in Detroit,” “Our Twenty-first Summer, Chimney Swifts,” and “Not Another,” 522
William Hathaway, “Prosperity,” 544
Mike Coughlin, “After Jack and Laura’s Wedding” and “When You’re Not Here,” 555
Patricia Goedicke, “Called,” 568
Richard Lyons, “Talkin’ to Yourself Blues,” 570
Elton Glaser, “The Contemplative Life,” 579
Jean Nordhaus, “Girl Waiting” and “The Waning,” 580
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, “Red Clay Suite,” 596
David J. Rothman, “We All Got Up to Dance,” 606
Christopher Howell, “Cascade,” “Hammer,” “Long Arm of the Lake,” and “Rachel,” 615
Michael McFee, “The Copperhead,” “Lot’s Wife,” and “Study Hall,” 631
Alexandria Peary, “Close,” “Shaped Briefly as Trees,” and “Passes,” 654
 
GRAPHICS
Melissa A. Miller, Paintings, 585