Spring 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Tradition & the Indivisible Talent
Peter Gizzi

The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special
Edwidge Danticat

On Not Growing Up
Ben Marcus

The Beating
Joyce Carol Oates

Why Does the World Out There Seem
Peter Cole

Edge Boys
Charles McLeod

Two Poems
Cole Swensen

Natural Daughter
Sandra Cisneros

Modulation
Richard Powers

King Cow
Shelley Jackson

Three Poems
Charles Bernstein

Contact
Paul La Farge

A Bit of Nocturnal History
Lyn Hejinian

Man in the Moon
Stephen O’Connor

The Raven
Julia Elliott

Animal Communication
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

Three Poems
Reginald Shepherd

The Problem of Impairment
Rick Moody

Beef
Edie Meidav

Three Poems
Rae Armantrout

Gumbo Limbo
Brian Booker

Two Poems Inspired by the Dreams of Emily Dickinson
Martine Bellen

Self-Portrait with Sicily
Frederic Tuten

Moonlight Dance
Can Xue, Translated by Karen Gernant and Translated by Chen Zeping

The Photographer Upstairs
Christopher Sorrentino

Archimedes’ New Light
Joan Retallack

From Mother and Child
Carole Maso

The Man Who Spoke With His Hands
William H. Gass

From The Prague Sonatas
Bradford Morrow

Because His Youth Or The Parrot’s Spanish
Rikki Ducornet

Trestle
Andrew Mossin

Women
Eduardo Galeano and Translated by Mark Fried

From The Philosopher’s Apprentice
James Morrow

A Helpful Story, a Devious Storm, the Weird Directions, the Difficult Wait, the Risky Wait, the Happy Appointment, the Familiar Property, the Safety Sign, the Frightened Enemy
Diane Williams

The Boat
Nam Le

The Rabbits
Donald Revell

Sally Werner
Joanna Scott

From Fire Exit
Robert Kelly

Refugees
Matthew Hamity

Hospice
Thalia Field

The Historic Voyage of the Rosalind
Robert Antoni

The Translator
Mary Caponegro

Nothing to Declare
Jonathan Carroll

Draft 82: Hinge
Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Angel of Death
Brian Evenson

Secrets and Lies
Valerie Martin

The Aquarium of the Dead: Chicago Stories
Peter Orner

Red-Hot Ruby
Robert Coover

Some Silly Thing
John Ashbery

Elegy: Or to Begin Again
Ann Lauterbach