Autumn 2011
CONTENTS
ESSAYS
Cynthia Dockrell, “Power Play,” 341
Suzan Sherman, “The Nearly Forgotten Phenomenon of the Orphan Train: A Dispatch from the Annual ‘Celebration’ of Riders, Descendents, and the Enthusiasts Who Love Them,” 387
Lisa Dorrill, “Dilapidated Houses and Abandoned Trucks: The Paintings of Tezh Modarressi,” 414
Melora Wolff, “Hearing Voices,” 439
Gerald Weales, “Nat and Elaine,” 481
Jeffrey Meyers, “The Mole Unveiled,” 491
FICTION
Ian MacKenzie, “The Late Interiors,” 349
Kent Nelson, “The Geography of Stars,” 402
Samuel Jacoff, “Sickness,” 425
Micah Nathan, “One Act,” 467
POETRY
Linda Pastan, “Sunset on Eel Point,” 348
Peggy Shumaker, “Flamenco Macaws” and “Toucan Nest,” 384
Greg Vargo, “Transatlantic, 3:00 am,” 386
Brittany Cavallaro, “Aubade: In Fall” and “Girl-King,” 412
Nance Van Winckel, “The Definite Article,” “A Man Mistakes Me for a Mannequin,” and “Write Back When You Can,” 436
Amy Newman, “When John Berryman Threw an Empty Bottle of Scotch at Philip Levine’s Head” and “When the Boy Arrives with a Telegram for John Berryman, Berryman Turns to His Student Phil Levine and Asks, ‘Are You John Berryman?’,” 464
Michael Heffernan, “The Silver Strand” and “The Snake Charmer,” 477
Charles Harper Webb, “Dining with Don,” 488
Daniel Hoffman, “The Hill,” 489
Jared Harel, “Engaged” and “In Praise of Trains,” 500
GRAPHICS
Tezh Modarressi, Paintings, 417
