By the Advisory Editor Occasional Notes: “The Purse Seine” 6
Neglected Help: John Cowper Powys 127
Cover: Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Magpie on the Gallows
Associate Editors: Donna Spector, James De Monte, Kailen Nourse
James Reed Vantage 29
Juned Subhan Mute 48
Nate Heppner The Walker 82
Fabiyas M V Positive 96
Elizabeth Standing Bear Looking for a Husband 101
Pamela Bloomfield Deceptive Cadence 110
Kevin Cockman Why Prisons Aren’t Correcting Anyone 30
Lissa Brown Birth of a Feminist 38
Vincent J. Tomeo My Mother Was My Best Friend 78
POETRY I: FROM THE HELEN KAY CHAPBOOK Poetry CONTEST
Co-Winner: Lilace Guignard: Young at the Time of Letting Go
The Inevitable Trip 8
Conditioning 10
Before She Takes Off for More Chemo 11
This World Without You 12
It’s Time We Talked About Breasts 14
Voyeur 15
Co-Winner: Jennifer Lagier: Scene of the Crime
Boyfriends 16
Booth Bunny 17
Cinderella’s Support Group 18
Santa Cruz 19
P.S. 20
Dr. Nazi’s Poetry Workshop 21
POETRY II: FROM THE SINCLAIR Poetry CONTEST
Winner: Michael Salcman: A Prague Spring, Before
& After
Prologue 22
Magda 24
The Pinkas Synagogue 25
Deposition 26
The Gift that Keeps on Giving 27
First Love 28
POETRY III
David A. Goldstein The Greatest Justice System on Earth 32
Roy Bentley Men, Death, Lies 44
Christine Graf June 25, 1950,
Rutherford, New Jersey 45
Atomic Age 46
Ivan Jenson Unadulterated Facts 69
Writing on the Wall 70
Contact Sport 72
Peter Mladinic Jitters 73
Hunger and Lust 74
Invisible Hands 76
Ute Carson Tree Forks 77
Michael Estabrook Poetry 81
Chet Corey The Fourth Time 91
Madeline Tiger The Gift of Speech 92
Reed Venrick Catching the Baby 94
Fabiyas M V Waiting in Vain 100
Jean Tucker An Ordinary Day in
Intermediate Reading Class 103
To the Syrian People Coming Ashore at Ierapetra 104
John L. Stanizzi No Woman No Cry 106
Blackman Redemption 107
Holly Guran Normal 108
The Time of Tulips 109
Susan Kelly-DeWitt Elvis Fan 122
Evening Song At Stinson Beach 123
Apnea 124
Sleepless in Sacramento 125
Nursing Home: Two Portraits 126
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