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The Summer 2003 issue showcases paintings by Brad Marshall, essays by Yiyun Li and David Baker, fiction by G. K. Wuori and Paul Maliszewski, and poems by William Olsen, Michelle Boisseau, and David Wagoner, as well as outstanding work by several others.

To order a copy of the Summer 2003 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 16.2.


Contents
Volume 16, Number 2 / Summer 2003

ESSAYS AND ESSAY-REVIEWS
    Peter Stitt, “The Kingdom of Maroni, Part V,” Editor’s Pages, 173
    Yiyun Li, “What Has That to Do with Me?,” 185
    Rebecca McClanahan, “Our Towns,” 217
    Molly Cooney, “Missing Pieces,” 299
    David Baker, “If: On Transit, Transcendence, and Trope,” 316

FICTION
    Paul Maliszewki, “Cubicles,” 201
    G. K. Wuori, “Welcoming Moon,” 235
    Christopher Coake, “All through the House,” 257

POETRY
    Philip Schultz, “2,” “4,” “7,” “37,” “65,” and “66,” 195
    William Olsen, “The World Below,” “Ease,” and “The Managerial
        Sublime,” 211
    G. C. Waldrep, “Weather Report: 30 December” and “Saccade,” 233
    Alan Soldofsky, “Anniversaries of Autumn” and “Beyond Where I Have Ever         Traveled,” 243
    Michelle Boisseau, “Haloes Stippled with Crosses, Roses, Stars and
        Spears,” 294
    Allan Peterson, “Death about Love,” “Given This,” and “Past the
        Lavenders,” 296
    David Wagoner, “Helping the Home Patient Fall Asleep,” “A Report on the         Excavation,” and “Sleeping Alone,” 313
    David Barber, “Procrustean,” 329
    Walt McDonald, “December after World War II,” “How Much Time We’re         Promised,” and “Harvest,” 331

GRAPHICS
    Brad Marshall, Paintings, 247