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No. 7 Fall 2004


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PoetryFictionCreative Nonfiction
 
Photo by John Beaver   Poetry

Where Listening Takes Us: A Conversation with Tracy K. Smith
by Marshall Warfield

slight
by Mark DeCarteret

Myopic
by Nahrain Al-Mousawi

The Fifth Hindrance: Doubt
by Tara Moyle

Skydiving
by Elizabeth Volpe

L'age d'or (1930)/ Vampire's Kiss (1988)
by Emily Brungo

Fiction  
Photo by John Beaver               

Reluctantly,: analyzing difficulty inherent in the act of writing
by Ellen Smith

The First Annual Lewis "Buddy" Nordan Fiction Contest
Winners and Finalists

Dishdash
by Lara Tupper

Zero Degrees
by Wendy Murray

All I Know About My Aunt Philomena
by Michelle McEwan

Photo by John Beaver   Creative
Nonfiction

That Desire:An Interview with Clea Koff
by Marshall Warfield

Untouchable
by Steve Fellner


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Mess From the Nest:
Last year's editor edits himself out of the story.

Features

Reluctantly, we write. Are we "cadaverizing" ourselves? Ellen Smith analyzes the difficulty inherent in the act.

Where Listening Takes Us: Tracy K. Smith talks about her first book, how poems speak to their writers, and her current work in the classroom and out.

That Desire: Clea Koff discusses the creation of her first book, journaling, and the role of questions in the work of nonfiction.

The First Annual Lewis "Buddy" Nordan Fiction Contest: has ended, but the winners and finalists have been announced here.



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©2004 by John Beaver

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