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Paula K. Speck
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John Keyes
Joy Passanante
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Solon Timothy Woodward
Richard Lyons
Barbara Goldberg
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Mary Jo Firth Gillett
Jim Daniels
Silvia Curbelo
Albert Goldbarth
Joan I. Siegel
Melissa Monroe
James Hoch
Kip Knott
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The Noir Issue (Summer 2002) showcases paintings by John Hull, essays by Paula K. Speck and Robert Rawdon Wilson, stories by Peter Gordon, John Keyes, and Solon Timothy Woodward, and poems by Richard Lyons, Christopher Howell, and Albert Goldbarth, as well as outstanding work by many others.

To order a copy of The Noir Issue today, go to the Featured Back Issue page, fill out the form, and in the Notes box, specify that you wish to receive issue 15.2.


Contents
Volume 15, Number 2 / Summer 2002

ESSAYS AND ESSAY-REVIEWS
   
 Peter Stitt, “The Kingdom of Maroni, Part III,” 173
    Paula K. Speck, “Three Guns,” 277
     Robert Rawdon Wilson, “Memories of Loathing and Flight,” 285

FICTION
    Peter Meinke, “Unheard Music,” 185
    Peter Gordon, “Swimmer,” 195
    Samantha Schoech, “This Is Living,” 241
    John Keyes, “You Have Never heard Their Voices,” 257
    Joy Passanante, “Only Sons,” 299
    Scott Southwick, “The Mercenary Goes to Church,” 313
    Solon Timothy Woodward, “Vain Empires,” 327

POETRY
    Richard Lyons, “Envy, Augury, and the Indigo Bunting,” “Red Slaughterhouse         Non-Memory Number One,” “Self-Portrait Obscured,” and “Red Memory
        Number One,” 191
     Barbara Goldberg, “Far-Flung,” “Fairy Tale,” “The Blonde Goddess of
        Saravan,” “From the Book of Judges,” and “Dybbuk,” 228
    Christopher Howell, “The Dark Talking,” “Conditions Are Slow to Improve,”
        “From My Desk: More Observances,” and “The Formality of Empty
        Rooms,” 250
    James Magorian, “Voyeur Seeking New Vistas,” 256
    Justin Bigos, “Untitled Film Still #4,” 274
    Seth Abramson, “For Those Who Will Not Walk the Land,” 275
    Jim Daniels, “The Beginnings of Compassion,” 294
    Silvia Curbelo, “Ambush,” “In the Land of Missed Chances,” and “Offerings,”
        296
    Albert Goldbarth, “Hair Pieces,” 310
    Joan I. Siegel, “Listening to Bach’s Mass in B Minor” and “The Great
        Masters,” 321
    Melissa Monroe, “The Touch” and “Hole-Up,” 323
    James Hoch, “Shed” and “Coal Crackers,” 325
    Kip Knott, “Inheritance,” “Wake,” “Insomnia,” and “Nocturnal,” 342

GRAPHICS
    John Hull, Paintings, 233