In This Issue Dustin Beall Smith Roy Sorrels Pat Rea Jennifer Brice Robert Hellenga Maud Casey Yvonne Jackson Ginger Strand Leslie Pietrzyk Albert Goldbarth Carol Frost Stanley Plumly Ruth Stone Stephen Dobyns Diane Mehta John Latta Beth Ann Fennelly Lawrence Raab Alice Friman Richard Frost Karin Gottshall Alicia Ostriker Joyce Sutphen Dabney Stuart Rebecca Givens Walt McDonald James Grinwis James McKean Richard Maury

The Autumn 2001 issue showcases paintings by Richard Maury, essays by Dustin Beall Smith and Pat Rea, stories by Ginger Strand and Maud Casey, and poems by Albert Goldbarth, Stephen Dobyns, and Carol Frost.

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Contents
Volume 14, Number 3 / Autumn 2001

ESSAYS AND ESSAY-REVIEWS
    Peter Stitt, “An Apology, An Explanation, and a Promise,” Editor’s Pages,
      359
   Dustin Beall Smith, “One Day,” 363
    Roy Sorrels, “The Other Father,” 399
    Pat Rea, “Where Is Your Husband? Where Are Your Sons?” 441
    Jennifer Brice, “The Metaphysics of Being Stuck,” 474
    Robert Hellenga, “A Writer’s Christmas,” 501

FICTION
    Maud Casey, “Seaworthy,” 382
    Yvonne Jackson, “Jesus Jones,” 422
    Ginger Strand, “Third Arm” and “Lucky,” 459
    Leslie Pietrzyk, “Pirates,” 491

POETRY
    Albert Goldbarth, “The Words Again and Groovy,” “The Song of the Tags,”
        “Rock,” and “Ham(s),” 371
    Carol Frost, “Water Lyrics” and “Moon,” 380
    Stanley Plumly, “Magpie,” 394
    Ruth Stone, “Accepting,” “Limbo,” and “The Veery Who Sang in the Woods,”
        396
    Stephen Dobyns, “(When the leaves fell),” “(A Bach partita or one of),” “(In
         the beginning, he was like),” and “(How he nurtured),” 412
    Diane Mehta, “Approaching Denali” and “Leaving Pacheco Street,” 416
    John Latta, “A Theory” and “A Photograph,” 418
    Beth Ann Fennelly, “Turning Twenty-Nine,” 425
    Lawrence Raab, “The End of the World,” 427
    Alice Friman, “The Wish” and “Preparatory Meditations,” 429
    Richard Frost, “Bad Day” and “Nonswimmer,” 456
    Karen Gottshall, “Owl in Liverpool,” 458
    Alicia Ostriker, “Seasonal,” 468
    Joyce Sutphen, “Raku Songs,” “To Take Her Home,” and “Alone,” 469
    Dabney Stuart, “Winter Letter” and “Jackalope,” 485
    Rebecca Givens, “The Quality of Wanting,” 490
    Walt McDonald, “Driving at Night Across Texas” and “Granddaddy’s
         Ranch,” 497
    James Grinwis, “Endurance” and “Humidity,” 499
    James McKean, “Come Along,” “My Mother-In-Law Arms Herself,” and
         “Lucky Louie,” 507

GRAPHICS
    Richard Maury, Paintings, 433

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