Fall 1995
Cover Art: Erin Scott, Butterfly,
Courtesy of Joyce Petter Gallery, Douglas, Michigan
FICTION
Jean Thompson—The Big Country
Anthony Bukoski—Lands Which May Be the Most Beautiful on Earth
Andrea Cornachio—Mariachi
Anne Finger—Vincent
Kate McCorkle— Sisters; A Little Rest
Janet Kauffman—Signed Away
Janice Kulyk Keefer—Dream: Storm: Dogs
Leon Rooke—St. Pete and the Chamber of Honors
Catherine Gammon—Lessons in the Maternal Body
POETRY
Lynda Hull—For Ann
Edward Hirsch—Illicit Afternoon
Alane Rollings—[Four Poems]
Mark Cox—[Three Poems]
Lisa Lewis—[Three Poems]
Carol Frost—[Two Poems]
Roger Weingarten—[Two Poems]
Alison Hawthorne Deming—poems from The Monarchs
David Rivard—[Two Poems]
Diann Blakely Shoaf—Tonsillectomy
Lucia Perillo—[Four Poems]
Managing Editor: George Kuttner
Fiction Editor: Theresa Coty O'Neil
Poetry Editor: David Dodd Lee
Assistant Poetry Editors: Allegra Blake, Jonathan Johnson, Jim Thompson
Assistant Fiction Editors: Martin Achatz, Jan Heath, Kim Peters, Kellie Wells
Editorial Assistants: Erin Knowles, Eric Maywar, Pablo Peschiera
Advisory Editors: Stuart Dybek, Nancy Eimers, Jaimy Gordon, William Olsen
Art Direction: Keith Jones, WMU Design Center
Design: Lisa Lim, Erica Phardel, Melissa Rutowski
Typesetting: Type House (St. Joseph, MI)
Printing: Bookcrafters (Chelsea, MI)
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