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JOSHUA KRYAH | Noli Me Tangere
A Paradise
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BENJAMIN GOTSCHALL | Falling
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ROSS WHITE | Now Departing
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CHRIS DOMBROWSKI | Small Fire in Snow
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WILLIAM LOGAN | Marsh Hours
On the Consolations of Faith On the Suburbs
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DOBBY GIBSON & MATT HART | Making Do
Slurve
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YAEL SHINAR | There’s a War in My Country
Marriage
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THORPE MOECKEL | And Us to Water
A Neighbor Thing
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MARY JO THOMPSON | Absinthe
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MELA KIRKPATRICK | Avery Island Sketches
Elegy
FICTION 12
DANIEL WALLACE | Rudy
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JEREMY WILSON | Leaving Charity
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MATT LEIBEL | The Architect of the Impossible
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LUCAS CHURCH | Drought Weather
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CARY HOLLADAY | Dumped
REVIEWS 102
KATIE BOWLER | Sediment
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MATTHEW LUTER | The Name of the Nearest River
by Sandy Tseng by Alex Taylor
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DYLAN RAMOS | Dancing in the Moonlight
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HÉCTOR GUERRA | Out
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CHRISTOPHE OTERO | Don’t Forget
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PAT DAVID | Lounging at Boo Radley’s
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CANDIDA PERFORMA | We Two Together
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STEVE JURVETSON | q8u²8½b
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DHARMA CHANDRU | Kid’s Play
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CAMERON CASSAN | Dancer Silhouettes
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HAMED SABER | Papion
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SHAHRA M SH A RIF | Drip
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REINANTE EL PINTOR DE FUEGO | Ignacio
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KEELIN BILLUE | Peaches
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MARK SEBASTIAN | So. First Billiards
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Rudy b É8µ ½}b ² ½} ²Y Y u 8µ 8 Ë Ëb8²µ¢ ,}b o²µ½V ² bËV 8 F² É 8 Y É} ½b É oµ} u ÊbY F²bbYV }8Y 8 aneurysm on a run with Tom. They hadn’t been running very u ² Èb²Ë n8µ½V F½ ½ É8µ 8 } ½ Y8Ë 8 Y ² bË Y Y ¯½ É how to pace himself; Tom didn’t either. He was twenty yards 8É8Ë Fbn ²b ²b8 Î u ² bË É8µ ub² Fbµ Yb } V 8 Y when he turned around to look saw him lying on his side on the 8Èb b ½V  µ½8 8F Ë Yb8Y¢ ,}b²b É8µ µ½8 u 8 Yb8Y dog from a live one: Tom learned this quick. But he ran back as if to save him and pulled him out of the road into a bed of ÈËV Éb ½ F8O n ² ½}b O8² 8 Y 8YbY } ½}b ½²Â ¢ 3}b he told Leslie what happened she didn’t cry as he expected her ½ V F½ bY 8½ } 8µ n Yb8½} É8µ b 8½}U bµµb ½ 8 Ë O ²b}b µ F b¢ ¬ ÂO V µ}b µ8 Y¢ ½ ½ }b² 8 b ½ ½ take it all in. Then she went out to the trunk to see him. She still didn’t cry but he could tell she wanted to. Hurley and Leslie had a way of exchanging knowing looks across a ² ½}8½ 8Yb , ½} Y uµV ² 8½ b8µ½ ½} µ Y uV bÉ 8 lot more than he was letting on. ¬Ð²b Éb u u ½ O²b 8½b } ¨ µ}b µ8 Y¢ Tom put his arm around her and brought her close in a ½ u}½ µ§ÂbbÎb¢ ¬3}8½V Ë Â É8 ½ n b²8 ˲b ½ F8O ¨ ¬ Y ¯½ ÉV µ}b µ8 Y¢ ¬ Y ¯½ É É}8½ ¯ ½8 u 8F ½¢ +}b b½ }b² }b8Y b8 ²b }b8È Ë 8u8 µ½ , ¯µ ½} µ}  Yb²¢ ¬ É8 ½ ½ Fb O²b 8½bY ½} Âu}¢ 5 Â É ½}8½V ² u}½¨ ¬ Y ¯½ É n 8O½Â8 Ë bÉ ½V }b µ8 Y¢ ¬ ½ 8µµÂ bY¢ ¬ Èb²ËF Y˯µ ub½½ u O²b 8½bY ½}bµb Y8˵V µ}b µ8 Y¢ ¬ ½¯µ ½}b É8Ë ½ u ¢ ¬+ Ë Â ½ V ² u}½¨ ¬ V }b µ8 Y¢ ¬ÐO½Â8 Ë¢ 12
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¬ ¨ Ðu8 U ²b O ²b}b µ ¢ ¬ ²b8Y 8F ½ 8 8Ob É}b²b ½}bË F8µ O8 Ë Âµ½ ½}² É Ë Â² F YË ½ 8 } b¢ F ÊV }b8Yµ½ b j ½} u¢ +bb µ b ½}8½¯µ ½}b b²nbO½ É8Ë ½ u ¢ Ð ½}b É8Ë F8O V 8²½ n ½}b É ² Y 8u8 ¢ µµV nµµ¢ Leslie lifted her head from Tom’s shoulder. “What’s so ɲ u É ½} O²b 8½ ¨ ¬ ½} u¢ ¬ ¢ +b² µ Ë¢ ¬+b² µ ˨ Ð ² ½ V 8O½Â8 Ë¢ She looked at Tom. Air pollutionV µ}b ½} Âu}½¢ +}b O  Y ¯½ believe he was critiquing the way she’d chosen to leave this É ² Y¢ 3 ½} }b² Y u ½}b ½²Â V Yb8Y¢ ¬,} µ µ ½ 8 O² ½ O µ 8½ 8 V µ}b µ8 Y¢ ¬ ½ Ë Â µ8Ë ½}b É ²Y actually a lot. Did you É ½}8½¨ Leslie smiled sympathetically. Tom looked at their dead dog. ¬ Y É¢ ¬ ½¯µ not 8 O² ½ O µ V µ}b µ8 Y¢ ¬ µ½ 8 Fµb²È8½ ¢ Tom sighed. “Let’s bury him in the backyard. We’ll each dig 8 ½½ b F ½ n ½}b } b 8 Y o Y 8 ² O ½ 8² ½¢ She took his hand and squeezed it. “Sounds like a good Yb8V µ}b µ8 Y¢ ¬ÐO½Â8 Ë¢ b 8 µ½ 8Âu}bY ½}b ¢ ¬ ¯ µÂ²b ½}b²b¯µ 8 É ²Y Ë Â µ8Ë 8 ½ ½ ¢ ¬ b É}8½¨ ¬ Y ¯½ É¢ ½ ¯ YbY O8½ u Ë nb ½ o Y u ½¢ Then he did laugh and so did she and he pulled her to } 8 Y ½}bË µµbYV 8 Y ½}b V É ½} ½ 8 ½}b² É ²YV bµ b  bY } 8É8Ë n² ½}b O8² 8 Y ½ } µ YbV 8 Y FË ½}b time they’d made it down to the bedroom both of them were O b½b Ë 8 bYV 8 Y ½}bË 8Yb Èb 8 Y bµµ 8 Y 8 µ½ ² ½Â8 µ½ O É8ËV } ½ 8 Y }b² F ½½ V ½}bË Éb ½ 8½ ½ b 8O} bµV 8 Y 8 nbÉ Â½bµ ½}bË Éb²b Y b¢ b ² bY nn n }b² 8 Y ½}bË 8Ë ½}b²b n ² µ½ 8 ½b ½}b }8 n u}½  ½ , µ8 YV ¬,}bµb 8²b ½}b ½ bµ É µ}bY µ bY¢
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¬5  µ bY¨ ¬ ¢ ½ É µ} Y Y 8½ ½ bµ b ½} µ¢ Leslie closed her eyes and looked like she was about to take a nap. ¬+} ½V }b µ8 Y¢ ¬3}8½¨ , É8µ 8 ²b8YË ub½½ u  ¢ ¬ ² bË¢ bµ b 8 bY¢ ¬ ¯ ½b²² F b¢ ¯ 8 ½b²² F b b²µ ¢ ¯Y O b½b Ë j ¬ b ½ ¢ ,}bË Éb ½ ½}² Âu} ½}b } µbV ²b½²8O u ½}b ² µ½b µV O bO½ u ½}b ² O ½}bµV 8 Y Éb ½ F8O ½ ½}b O8²¢ ² bË É8µ µ½ ½}b²bV µ½ Yb8Y¢ b8Yb²¢ 8ËFb ½}bË Éb²b } u ½}8½ somehow this wasn’t going to be the case. Magical thinking. Neither of them could help but think that way. ¬ b É8µ 8 u Y Y uV bµ b µ8 Y¢ ¬2b²Ë u YV , µ8 Y¢ ¬5  ½É µbb bY ½ }8Èb 8 ¢¢¢ ½} u¢ ¬ nb ½ b }b O  Y ²b8Y Ë Y µ b½ bµV bµ b µ8 Y¢ ¬ ²b8 Ë Y Y¢ Now she was crying. ¬ nbb ½}8½ É8Ë µ b½ bµ ½ V , µ8 Y¢ ¬3 ½} Ë Â¢ ¬3} O} É8˨ µ}b µ8 Y¢ ¬,}8½ Ë Â O8 ²b8Y Ë Y ² ½}8½ O8 ²b8Y Ë Â²µ¨ , µ u}bY¢ ¬ uÂbµµ Ë Â Âµ½ 8 µÉb²bY ½}8½ §Âbµ½ V }b said. ,}bË F² bY } ½ É8²Yµ ½}b F8O n ½}b ½V b8² ½}b  µbY µ}bYV Fb b8½} 8 µ½Â ½bY b¢ ,}b µbO Y Y u É8µ 8 µ½²8Ë¢ ½ µ½ 8 b8²bY 8½ ½}b ² F8O Y ² b Y8Ë 8 Y bÈb² bn½V 8µ n ½ }8Y Fbb 8 §Âbµ½V searching for them. A pure black dog with a scruffy coat and }8 ½ u F Âb bËbµV ½ bY b ½µ 8 b u}½ Fb +}8Y ÉV µ ½} µ µ É}8½ ½}bË 8 bY ½¢ +}8Y É É8µ 8 §Â b½ Y uV 8YY u around the house; he could really scare the shit out of you. So µ½b8 ½}ËV Ë Â¯Y nbb ½}b O Y n } µ µb Ë Â² O8 n 8 Y ½Â²
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On the Consolations of Faith ,}b Y8Ë 8 µ½b8 F8½}V 8 nb YbÉbY O Yb ½¢ Ð}b8Y 8Ë ½}b ²8É u8½bY O ½ËV 8½ b8µb 8µ 8 ²b½ ²bY F8 b² 8 O}8 µb uÂbV or a man who having murdered died unrepentant. ,}b ½²8 ½ ½µ ½ bV ½}b ²Â²8 ½ n Y8½b¢ , b ²8 bY ½}b É ² n² ½}b µ V eased the nighthawk from the civic trees. ,}b ²b8O} n Ëb É ob YV µ½ ½ n ²b8O}V ² µbY 8 8F Y8 Ob ½}8½ n8 µ n² n8 ½}V where hedges break a communion of berry 8 Y Y²Ë O}8 b µ µ½ ² ½}b É Â YbY µ½²b8 V waiting for the Advent to come round again.
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And Us to Water ½} Âu}½ µ8É Ë ½}b² FË ½}b V ½}b O² b n b8n O²8O V +b ½b Fb²¯µ µ8 b ½V F bbY u F²8µµ¢ The water was up again 8 Y µ ½}b É8½b² nb j ½ µ 8 Y }Âbµ n ½}b b8² bµ½ O O V µO bµ qbÊ u j 8 Yb O µ ½²8 µ ²½¢ ½}b² always was a woman n ² uµV ½} Âu} ½ É8µ 8½b n ² ½}8½¢ ,}b ² Èb² 8½µ j µ½² bYV µ b ½ j q8²bY É ½} ½}b O} µ¢ b b8n ½Â² bYV 8µ ½} Âu} bÈb² µ½ b¢ Ð 8È µ} ²bY bµµ }b² bËbµ j µ8É that mother wanted to be ½}b µ ˯µ  O}V F½ ½}b µ Ë É8µ n8µ½ u 8u8 ¢ Mother always loved a little Y²8 8¢ Ð Y É µ b½} u b µb É8µ }8 b uV but as though she knew memory
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É Â Y ²bÈb8 ½V ½}b² µ8 Y ½}8 µ 8 Y b ½ poking around the ruins n ½}b V u ² u ½}b µ ËV ½µ n8Obµ hysterical and slow ½}b É8½b²V ½}b É YV  ½ ½ É8µ ½ b j F½ ½}b²b É8µ ½ Ëb½ ½ b j ½ ½8 Ë Âµ½ } É 8 Ë 8 µ É Â Y Fb required to repair the wheel.
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Dumped Ë o²µ½ Y8½b É8µ É ½} 8 F Ë 8 bY 8ÈbV É} ½ b ½ 8 ɲbµ½ u 8½O} nq ½ É V (b µË È8 8¢ É8µ on½bb V
8Èb 8 Ëb8² Yb²¢ ,}b n8O½ ½}8½ É8µ 8 Y8½bV 8 Y ½}8½ ½} µ É8µ 8 8É8Ë u8 bV 8 u b 8 b8² ½ Fb 8 O ½½bY F µ½b²V u8Èb b 8 }b8YË bÉ µb µb n Yb ½ ½Ë¢ Ë ½}b ½ b Éb 8²² ÈbYV ½}b 8½O} }8Y 8 ²b8YË µ½8²½bY¢ Dave understood the rules of wrestling and made sounds of b O ²8ub b ½ 8 Y Y µ8 ½ b ½V ²b 8² µ ½}8½ µ½²ÂO b 8µ n ² bY¢ 3b }8Y }8²Y Ë µ b ½}b n ²½Ë ½b Y² Èb n² Ë } µb¢ }8Y ½ ObY 8 YY bÈb² Fb½Ébb ½}b O8² µb8½µ 8 Y 8µ bYV ¬3}8½¯µ ½} µ¨ 8 Y }b µ8 Y É ½} µÂ² ² µbV ¬,}8½¯µ É}8½ µ} n½ É ½}¢ }8Y bÈb² µbb 8 µ½ O µ} n½¢ ,}b²b É8µ µ ÂO} Y Y ¯½ know. ½}b 8 b uË V }b ²b8O}bY n ² Ë }8 YV 8 Y Éb µ½ Y Fbµ Yb F b8O}b²µ O² ÉYbY É ½} µ½²8 ub²µ¢ F8²b Ë bÉ 8Èb¢ b }8Y O b  ½ Ë O b² 8 Y 8µ bY b ½¢ 8½½b²bYV µ8 Y Ëbµ¢ ,}b }8Y µ ÂFFbY } ½É Ob ½}b }8 É8ËV 8OO ²Y u ½ 8 n² b Y n bV 8² 8¢ ¬ O8 ¯½ ²bO u Îb } Ëb½V bÊ 8 bY to her. Karla had given a mean smile. Her ready scorn was scary. n½b b½ }b² O Ë Ë 8½} } bÉ ² V ²b½b Y u ½ Fb bÈb }b² É}b µ}b µ8 Y µ}b É8µ µ½ O}bO u }b² É ¢ +½8 Y u Fbµ Yb 8Èb 8½ ½}b ɲbµ½ u 8½O}V ½ ½b n } µ 8 b8²8 Ob µ É Â Y ¯½ n8 ½ ²bO u Îb } 8u8 ¢ b É8µ ½8 V É ½} 8  ½Â² bY µb 8 Y 8 8½O} n  8½Â²8 ²bY } µ Y8² }8 ²¢ É O  Y }8Èb µµbY ½}8½¨ Ð Fb ²8 uV 8 Y people clambered down from the bleachers. The match was on µ b Y n ½b² µµ V 8 Y Éb }8Y ¯½ bÈb n  Y µb8½µ Ëb½¢ The casualness of it all seemed glamorous to me. That was a new feeling; it was all new. ¬38 ½ 8 b¨ 8Èb 8µ bYV 8 Y YYbY 8µ n 8OOµ½ bY ½ 50
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8OOb ½ u 8²ubµµb n² 8 F Ë¢ ¬ 8ËV }b µ8 Y¢ ¬ ¯ F² u Ë Â b¢ }8Y bÉ Fb8½ËV FbO8µb n O ½8O½ b µbµ¢ ² µbÈb²8 Ëb8²µV }8Y Fbb u² É u Ë }8 ²V 8 Y ½ µbb bY µÂYYb Ë Èb²Ë u¢ }8Y µ b ½ } ²µ ub½½ u ²b8YËV O} µ u b8 µV É ½} 8 ½ 8µ ½ u}½ 8µ Y8²bY¢ Ë ½}b² Y µ8 ² ÈbY¢ É8µ ½ Ë Â u n ² Y8½ uV µ}b µ8 YV F½ 8²uÂbY ½}8½ }8Y 8 ²b8YË µ8 Y Ëbµ¢ bÉ she was waiting anxiously at home and would want me to tell }b² bÈb²Ë Yb½8 ¢ É O  Y ½ ½}b bÈb u ½ É ²YµV bÈb n É8 ½bY ½ ¨ 3  Y }b µµ b¨ 3}b½}b² }b Y Y ² Y Y ¯½V YbO YbY É Â Y ½ ½b Ë ½}b²¢ Ð nbÉ b b n² ² µO} Éb²b ½}b²b¢ Ë Y8ËV bÉV É ²Y É Â Y }8Èb µ ²b8Y ½}8½ É8µ Y8½ u 8Èb¢ b claimed several of the wrestlers as friends and had his own car: ½}bµb b8µÂ²bµ n  8² ½Ë É Â Y Fb bV ½ ¢ b F² Âu}½ b 8 bV 8 Y nb ½ O oYb ½ b Âu} ½ Y² ½ 8 Y ½}b 8  Ob ½}8½ É Â Y Fb ² u}½ F8O ¢ n  Y ½}b ²bµ½² 8 Y O FbY Ë }8 ² 8 u nn ½ É u ² µV o½½ u 8µ n bÉ ½}b ¢ 5b½ }8Y bÈb² o½ ¢ }8Y ½}b } u}bµ½ u²8Ybµ n 8 Ë u ² µO} V 8 Y É8µ É8Ë 8}b8Y n ½}b F ˵ 8½} O 8µµ¢ }8Y read Look Homeward, Angel and found my own life mirrored ½}b²bV u² É u  8 µ 8 V µ½ q u ½ É ¢ Ë n8 Ë Éb²b ½}b Ë 2 ²u 8 µ È u +b µu² ÈbV (b µË È8 8¢ ,b8O}b²µ bÊ ²bµµbY µÂ² ² µb ½}8½ Ë µ µ½b²µ 8 Y Y Y Éb µO} V 8µ n they expected Southerners to be illiterate. É8µ b bÈb É}b Éb ÈbY ½ (b µË È8 8¢ Ë n8½}b²V 8 O È b u bb²V }8Y n  Y 8 Fb½½b² 8Ë u F F Y u 8 8² 8 8 Y 8 Y8 ½}b +µ§Âb}8 8 * Èb²¢ never stopped missing Virginia. My family went back to visit ²b 8½ Èbµ } Y8˵V 8 Y µ b½ bµV n ² Y } µb É8µ ¯½ ²b ½bYV Éb µ b ½ µÂ b² ½}b²b¢ н ½}8½ ɲbµ½ u 8½O}V µ½ nb ½ b 8 bÉ u ² ¢ ½}b² bÉ µ½ÂYb ½µ FbO8 b 8²½ n ½}b µOb b É ½} Ébb µ¢ bÈb² ou²bY ½ } É ½}bË Y Y ½¢ Pennsylvania’s mountains and valleys were green and rugged µÂ b²½ bV F b8 8 Y OË É ½b²¢ ÉV 8 ½}bµb Ëb8²µ 8½b²V 8 8 8 Y o Y ½ É µ É ½} É Yb²n 8 bµU * Âu} 8 Y *b8YËV b8² ½V +bÈb +½8²µ¢ ½}b Y ¸ÏµV ½}8½
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8²½ n b ½²8 (b µË È8 8 }8Y F u O ½ bµV 8²½ u8 b² bµV ÂF O u8²Yb µV ² µ} u 8 µ¢ Ð µ½² n } u}É8Ë }b Y n8µ½ n Y ²bµ½8²8 ½µ¢ Ð ² b² ² 8 Y 8 ½Y ² Ob ² b bY Ë Ébb b Yµ¢ +8½Â²Y8˵V Ð µ} n8² b²µ Y² Èb ½ ½ É } ²µb Y²8É FÂuu bµ 8 Y É8 ½bY É} b ½}b ² É Èbµ sold bread door to door. Area residents were overwhelmingly É} ½bV ½}b²8 V n b² 8 YbµOb ½V O µb²È8½ ÈbV 8 Y F Âb O 8²¢ ,}b²b Éb²b 8 8 bµU ½É bÉ µ} n8 bµV 8 2 b½ 8 bµb n8 ËV 8 Y F² bqËV 8 F 8O n8 Ë¢ u} µO} µ ²½µ 8½½²8O½bY passionate audiences of all ages. Early marriage was the norm. Rites of adolescence included keg parties and deer hunting. 8½b² ²b8 ÎbY } É O ½} µb 8O½ È ½ bµ Éb²b 8½ É YbV Ëb½ 8½ ½}b ½ bV ½ nb ½ b ½}bË }8 b bY Ë ½}b V Ë ½}b²b¢ н ½}b ɲbµ½ u 8½O}V nb ½ b O ²8ubY¢ n b F Ë 8µ bY b ½V Y Y ¯½ ½}8½ b8 ½}b²µ É Â YV ½ ¨ 3}b ²b½Â² bY n² ½}b ²bµ½² V 8Èb FbO bY b  ½ ½}b F b8O}b²µ¢ 8² Fb É ÂµV ²ÂFFb² 8½µ ½}8½ u8Èb nn ½}b µ b n µÉb8½V ½}b ɲbµ½ b²µ u²Â ½bY¢ 3}b ½}b 8½O} É8µ Èb²V 8Èb Y² Èb µ F8O 8 u * ½b ¾pV 8 8²² ÉV Y8² ² 8Y i 8 u É8ËV É ½}8½ bÊ8 b ½}b 8 ¢ 3b 8µµbY through tiny villages marked by a single stoplight. To the ²½} bY ½}b F 8O F n 8O µ  ½8 · ½ ½}b µ ½}V ½}b b8nË É Yb² bµµ n ½}b ,µO8² ²8 ,²8 V F½ Y Y ¯½ ½} about geography. 3}b Éb ²b8O}bY Ë } µbV 8Èb Y Y ¯½ µµ bV F½ }b µ8 YV ¬38 ½ ½ u ½ 8u8 ¨ 8 Y ½}8½ É8µ bÈb Fb½½b²¢
,}8½ Ébb V ½}b²b É8µ 8 F F ½}²b8½V 8 Y ½}b µO} O µbY 8 Y 8 Yb  ¢ É8µ Yb u}½bY¢ Ð F F ½}²b8½ É8µ µ b½} u ½}8½ }8 b bY ½}b É Yb² É ² Y¢ O  Y }8Èb µbY ½}b µ u b } b 8È8 8F b ½ µ½ÂYb ½µV ½}b b FË ½}b O b² ² µV ½ O8 Ë ½}b² 8 Y 8µ }b² ½ O b  ¢ µ½b8YV n  Y 8Èb¢ , ub½}b²V Éb É8 bY ½ ½ ½}b 8² u ½¢ ¬ 8²²Ë¯µ O u É ½} µV 8Èb µ8 Y¢ 8²²Ë É8µ } µ Fbµ½ FÂYYËV 8 Y F² ½}b² n 8² 8V Ë µO8²Ë
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LUCAS CHURCH is a North Carolina native and currently lives in
Atlanta. His work has appeared in dislocate and ²b8½ Èb 8o u Atlanta. More can be found at his infrequently updated website lucaschurch.net. CHRIS DOMBROWSKI is the author of By Cold WaterV 8 O bO½
n b µ¢ ¬+ 8 ²b + É µ n ² b½ O}8b b ¢ DOBBY GIBSON is the author of Polar (Alice James Books) and
Skirmish (Graywolf Press). The poems in this issue come from Late Makeup Years and Decline (1979-1983)V ɲ ½½b O 8F ²8½ É ½} 8½½ 8²½ 8 Y ÂF µ}bY FË b 5bµl (²bµµ¢ BENJAMIN GOTSCHALL grew up on a cattle ranch in the Sandhills
µ ½}Ébµ½ n н µ V bF²8µ 8¢ µ o²µ½ F µ b ½ ½ bY Where It HappenedV ÂF µ}bY FË +8 Y} µ (²bµµ¢ µ É ² }8µ appeared in Best New Poets 2007V MeridianV NimrodV Cimarron ReviewV 8 Y The MeadoW¢ b O²²b ½ Ë Èbµ O V bF²8µ 8V É}b²b }b ½b8O}bµ ɲ ½ u 8 Y ½b²8½Â²b 8½ bF²8µ 8 Wesleyan University. MATT HART is the author of Who’s Who Vivid + b Y ½ µV
ÁÏϹ 8 Y You Are Mist ² µV ½bY Y ½ V ÁÏÏ ¢ Ð ½} ²Y F V WOLF FACEV É Fb ÂF µ}bY ½} µ n8 FË Ç Ç µV 8 Y 8 n ²½}V Light-HeadedV É 8 b8² n² 8Îb2 4 µ ² u ÁÏ ¢ ÐYY ½ 8 ËV }b µ 8 O n  Yb² 8 Y ½}b bY ½ ² O} bn n Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety. The poems in this issue of come from Late Makeup Years and Decline (1979-1983)V ɲ ½½b O 8F ²8½ É ½} FFË Fµ 8 Y ÂF µ}bY FË b 5bµl (²bµµ¢
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CARY HOLLADAY V 8 8½ Èb n 2 ²u 8V µ ½}b 8½} ² n oÈb È Â bµ
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from the University of North Carolina and an MFA in Poetry from } µ µ - Èb²µ ½ËV É}b²b µ}b µ O²²b ½ Ë 8 µ½²ÂO½ ²¢ ² ÁÏÏp ½ ÁÏÏg µ}b É ² bY 8½ ½}b 8½ 8 Y É b ½ n ² ½}b в½µ 38µ} u½ V ¢ ¢ JOSHUA KRYAH’S o²µ½ O bO½ n b µV GleanV É8µ ÂF µ}bY
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YAEL SHINAR É8µ F ² 8 n ² 8 8 Y É Èbµ b8² 8 F² YubV
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ROSS WHITE is the editor of InchV 8 8u8Î b n µ} ²½ b½²Ë
8 Y O² oO½ V 8 Y ½}b ÂF µ}b² n  ½Ë (²bµµ }½½ Uºº bullcitypress.com). His work has appeared on Poetry Daily and in Tar River PoetryV Carolina QuarterlyV 8 Y New England ReviewV 8 u ½}b²µ¢ * µµ µ 8 u²8YÂ8½b n ½}b Ð (² u²8 for Writers at Warren Wilson College. He teaches creative writing 8½ ½}b - Èb²µ ½Ë n ²½} 8² 8 8½ }8 b V É}b²b }b 8 µ works in the School of Education. JEREMY WILSON µ 8 n ² b² µ ²½µ È Yb ² YÂOb²V O²²b ½
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