FICTION
Ken Kalfus  ZENO’S BOMB
“They were still not divorced and they had lost hope of ever being divorced.”
Donna Tartt THE AMBUSH
“‘See, my dad was trying to chase down this Vietnamese that shot his friend,’ said Tim.‘And then the Vietnamese killed him too. I can act it out for you if you want.’”
Robin Romm NO SMALL FEAT
“Kierny was probably at his studio writing more stories about my dead mother. For God’s sake, Kierny, get your own death.”
William Gay WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN YOUR SKIN CANNOT CONTAIN YOU?
“There was no precedent for this. The Jeepster was crying.”
Robert Travieso POOL
“Let’s not obsess about a few frogs bopping around in our midst. Let’s continue with the previously scheduled fun.”
Tony D’Souza DJAMILLA
“ ‘That you are white is bad enough. But you are also hairy! Cover up! If you let Djamilla see how ugly you are, then she may not marry you.’”
Kevin Moffett TATTOOIZM
“Dixon is training to be a tattoo artist by practicing on his thighs, covering them with flames, leaves, wings, cartoon characters.”
Scott Snyder WRECK
“Once I saw a shard of glass come out of the corner of her eye, a tiny shard, no bigger than a snowflake. She calmly plucked it from beneath her lid.”
NEW VOICE – FICTION
Jenny Burman THE CATHERINE SCHOOL
“At the Catherine School we used to play a game called Entrances and Exits.”
Mel Carlson WALKING ON WATER
“No soldier invites a lieutenant in the United States Army to jump overboard.”
POETRY
Dean Young THE TRUE APOLOGY TAKES YEARS
William Wenthe THE MAN WHO CONFUSES SEX WITH LOVE
Olena Kalytiak Davis FRANCESCA CAN TOO STOP THINKING ABOUT SEX, REFLECT UPON HER POSITION IN POETRY, WRITE A REAL SONNET
FRANCESCA SAYS MORE
(AND MORE)
FRANCESCA SAYS TOO MUCH
Aimee Nezhukumatathil “YES, WE HAVE NO BANANAS”
Hillary Yablon SELF-LOVE SEMINAR
Alex Lemon LOOK CLOSE
HALLELUJAH BLACKOUT5
Bill Knott ANOTHER FALSE EXECUTION
Maura Stanton PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: THE GAME
Daniel Tiffany WEREWOLF IN SELVAGE
Christian Hawkey UNWRITTEN POEMS
NOVEMBER 3, 2004
Terese Svoboda BURNT HOUSE
NEW VOICE – POETRY
Jessica Reed INTERVENTION IN DRAFTS
FEATURES
Harriet Rubin “I OFTEN BETRAY MYSELF WITH A KISS”
Oscar Wilde’s apologetic love letter, De Profundis
Stephen Elliott JUST ALWAYS BE GOOD
Welcome, pain
LOST & FOUND
Tin House Confesses its Seamy Involvement with the Following Books
Rob Spillman on Roger Shattuck’s The Banquet Years
Ben George on John Grisham’s A Time to Kill
Michelle Wildgen on Jean M. Auel’s The Mammoth Hunters
Anne K. Yoder on The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer
Brenda Shaughnessy on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books
CJ Evans on Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Jonathan Raymond on David Lee Roth’s Crazy from the Heat
Emily Bliquez on Vincent Bugliosi’s Helter Skelter
READABLE FEAST
Heather Hartley FORK, PILLOW, AND PLUME:
The Three Pleasures of Casanova
History’s most insatiable lover and his other appetites
BLITHE SPIRITS
Michelle Wildgen THE LAST GREAT DRINKERS
Even the detectives are cutting back
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