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Mary Clearman Blew
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Sarah Aswell
Allison Smythe
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Sarah Blackman
Elizabeth Oness
Kevin Clouther
Christine Rhein
William Hathaway
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Richard Lyons
Elton Glaser
Jean Nordaus
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
David J. Rothman
Christopher Howell
Michael McFee
Alexandria Peary
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The Winter 2006 issue showcases paintings by Melissa A. Miller, essays by Sarah Aswell and Paul Zimmer, fiction by G. K. Wuori and Meg Donohue, and poems by Patricia Goedicke, Elton Glaser, Jean Nordhaus, and Christopher Howell, as well as outstanding work by several others.

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Contents
Volume 19, Number 4 / Winter 2006

ESSAYS AND ESSAY-REVIEWS
    Mary Clearman Blew, “Freaks,” 529
    William Jay Smith, “Lewis Carroll, the Poet,” 557
    Molly S. Hutton, “Snowed In: The Paintings of Melissa A. Miller,” 582
    Paul Zimmer, “Rough Flocks,” 593
    Sarah Aswell, “The Art of War,” 607
    Allison Smythe, “Double or Nothing,” 623

FICTION
    G. K. Wuori, “Why We Are in Iraq,” 509
    Meg Donohue, “Women of Impeccable Wit,” 547
    Sarah Blackman, “At 8:15 on Tuesday Morning,” 571
    Elizabeth Oness, “Underwater Adventure,” 597
    Kevin Clouther, “Isabelle and Colleen,” 635

POETRY
    Christine Rhein, “Another Good Kid Shot Dead in Detroit,” “Our
        Twenty-First Summer, Chimney Swifts,” and “Not Another,” 522
    William Hathaway, “Prosperity,” 544
    Mike Coughlin, “After Jack and Laura’s Wedding” and When You’re
        Not Here,” 555
    Patricia Goedicke, “Called,” 568
    Richard Lyons, “Talkin’ to Yourself Blues,” 570
    Elton Glaser, “The Contemplative Life,” 579
    Jean Nordhaus, “Girl Waiting” and “The Waning,” 580
    Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, “Red Clay Suite,” 596
    David J. Rothman, “We All Got Up to Dance,” 606
    Christopher Howell, “Cascade,” “Hammer,” “Long Arm of the Lake,”
        and “Rachel,” 615
    Michael McFee, “The Copperhead,” “Lot’s Wife,” and “Study Hall,” 631
    Alexandria Peary, “Close, Shaped Briefly as Trees” and “Passes,” 654

GRAPHICS
    Melissa A. Miller, Paintings, 585