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Issue 23
Spring 2007

From the Editors
Thom Didato

News and Notes

Chris Bohjalian
Interview

"Promise"
Elizabeth Crane

"The Methane Fields"
Thomas Hopkins

"Dear Old Woman"
Michael Kimball

"Silver Creek, 1969"
Andrew Milward

"Prescriptive"
Hannah Harlow

"we touch like cripples"
"black bones"
Joseph Kerschbaum

"Fishing, Lagrange Point"
"The Panda"
Graeme Bezanson

"Swan Falls in Love with Swan-Shaped Boat"
Christina Kallery

"The Taxidermist Sings Songs of Love"
"Ode to the Impossible Machine"
Mary Austin Speaker

"The Motorcycle Diaries"
Steven Dube

"the aphasic quilt"
"the agar patron"
Patrick Vickers

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Issue 23 Spring 2007

From the Editors Thom Didato

News and Notes

Chris Bohjalian Interview

"Promise" Elizabeth Crane

"The Methane Fields" Thomas Hopkins

"Dear Old Woman" Michael Kimball

"Silver Creek, 1969" Andrew Milward

"Prescriptive" Hannah Harlow

"we touch like cripples" "black bones" Joseph Kerschbaum

"Fishing, Lagrange Point" "The Panda" Graeme Bezanson

"Swan Falls in Love with Swan-Shaped Boat" Christina Kallery

"The Taxidermist Sings Songs of Love" "Ode to the Impossible Machine" Mary Austin Speaker

"The Motorcycle Diaries" Steven Dube

"the aphasic quilt" "the agar patron" Patrick Vickers