Summer 2009

CONTENTS
 
ESSAYS
Susan McCallum-Smith, “The Watermark,” 173
Anne Goldman, “Double Vision,” 213
Jeffrey Meyers, “Strength of Mind,” 235
Shannon Egan, “Fruit and Fish: Alison Goodwin’s Reimaging of the Modernist Motif,” 246
Lauret Edith Savoy, “Provenance Notes,” 269
Carol Peters, “A Poem Worth Keeping” (review of Twigs & Knucklebones, by Sarah Lindsay; Men, Women, and Ghosts, by Debora Greger; Colosseum, by Katie Ford; Red Rover, by Susan Sterwart; and A Metaphorical God, by Kimberly Johnson), 303
 
FICTION
Lynda Leidiger, “Tell Me,” 193
Dana Cann, “Caterpillar,” 229
Geoffrey Becker, “The Naked Man,” 257
Leslie Pietrzyk, “Just Another Abortion Story,” 283
 
POETRY
Kathryn Starbuck, “Beeswax” and “Not for Good or Evil,” 191
Deborah Flanagan, “The Voynich Manuscript” and “Lovesick,” 210
G. C. Waldrep, “Our Primitive Ancestors” and “Perpetual Care,” 225
Alice Friman, “Primary Colors” and “The Way It Is Now,” 233
Roger Williams, “Making a Mark,” 243
Arthur Vogelsang, “California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, New York, Hawaii” and “Poem for Sure,” 244
Andrea Hollander Budy, “Afterwards” and “Cutting Down Trees after the Storm,” 267
Hope Maxwell Snyder, “In the Changing Light” and “What I Never Told You about the Marriage,” 281
Steve Orlen, “Any Enduring Answer Defeats the Purpose,” “What Should We Do with Your Body,” and “Slovenia,” 298
Ron De Maris, “Bonefish Flats,” “My Red Cat,” and “Windows,” 323
Max Garland, “Bat in the House,” “Hymn for Joseph,” and “Chickadees,” 326
 
GRAPHICS
Alison Goodwin, Paintings, 249