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The Autumn 2003 issue showcases paintings by Andrew Lenaghan, essays by Kerry Reilly and Dustin Beall Smith, fiction by Randy F. Nelson and Terry Bain, and poems by Janes Tate, Charles Simic, and Jean Nordhaus, as well as outstanding work by several others.

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Contents
Volume 16, Number 3 / Autumn 2003

ESSAYS AND ESSAY-REVIEWS
    Peter Stitt, “The Kingdom of Maroni, Part VI,” Editor’s Pages, 341
    Greg McBride, “Wrestling through the Ages,” 373
    Kerry Reilly, “Jimmy,” 407
    Dustin Beall Smith, “Working with the Savages: The Confessions of a Film Biz         Lackey,” 425
    Floyd Collins, “Poetry and the Primacy of the Imagination” (review of Useless         Virtues, by T. R. Hummer; Shadow of Heaven, by Ellen Bryant Voigt; and
        The Ledge,
by Michael Collier), 471
    Gerald Weales, “The Quiet American Redux,” 487

FICTION
    Edward Falco, “Among the Tootalonians,” 351
    Lisa Lieberman, “My Ex-Boyfriend’s Wife,” 391
    Randy F. Nelson, “The Assassination Bureau,” 441
    Terry Bain, “Still Life with Dog,” 459

POETRY
    James Tate, “Conventional Medicine,” “Behind the Green Door,” “How the         People Live,” and “A Dreamy Duskywing Butterfly,” 366
    William Trowbridge, “King of Fools,” “Psycholinguistics,” and “Fool and
        His Money,” 385
    Christine Rhein, “To the Previous Owner” and “On Art,” 388
    Charles Simic, “Fabulous Species” and “My Wife Lifts a Finger to Her
        Lips,” 401
    Jean Nordhaus, “A Dandelion for My Mother” and “The Table,” 405
    Albert Goldbarth, “Waters” and “Budget Travel through the Universe,” 409
    Richard Tillinghast, “Galway Still,” 437
    Brendan Galvin, “A Gift Apple from Derry, New Hampshire,” 440
    Richard Lyons, “Chintzy Kmart Chinese Lanterns & a High School Shooting”
        and “A Self-Portrait with Lucien Freud and Max Beckman,” 454
    Matt Donovan, “‘Night Train’: A Listener’s Guide,” 458
    Howard Levy, “Spooky Action at a Distance,” “On the Subway,” and
        “Whisper,” 466
    Gabriel Fried, “Pandora’s Box,” 470
    Conrad Hilberry, “Crete: The Diktaean Cave” and “A Bird,” 485

GRAPHICS
    Andrew Lenaghan, Paintings, 414