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IN PREVIOUS ISSUES

Blackbird publishes new issues twice a year. The notion of “issue” is both a nod to the print journal and a way for us to call attention to the new work of a limited number of writers. However, publishing online allows us keep all issues available for reading, listening, and viewing. On this page, we wish to point you toward some of the content you may have missed but which still lives in our Archives.

Norman Dubie   Norman Dubie, v1n2, v2n1, v2n2, and v7n1
Blackbird began publishing Norman Dubie’s book-length futurist poem, The Spirit Tablets at Goa Lake, with “Book of the Jewel Worm” in v1n2. The other two sections, “Book of the Jaspers” and “The Book of the Crying Kanglings,” appeared in v2n1 and v2n2 respectively. A master menu connects the sections across the three issues. Five poems by Dubie also appeared in v7n1.
     
  Philip Levine, v1n1, v3n2, and v8n1
The work of Philip Levine has appeared in Blackbird since its inaugural volume in the spring of 2002. In v3n2 you can also find print and audio versions of reading the poet gave in September 2004 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts as well as an audio interview conducted at VCU. Our v8n1 issue includes two new poems in prose by Levine. Our current issue features the audio and transcript of his keynote reading at Larry Levis: A Celebration.
     
  Eleanor Ross Taylor, v1n1, v7n1, and v8n2
Poems by Eleanor Ross Taylor as well as an audio interview appeared in v1n1, and poems also appear in v7n1. In v9n2, Susan Settlemyre Willams reflected on Taylor’s fifty years as a published poet and noted that, all along, Taylor's work has been characterized by "absolute originality" and a "self-directedness." Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, 1960–2008 was published by Louisiana State University Press in 2009.
     
 

Peter Campion, v7n1 and v8n2
Peter Campion is the 13th annual Levis Reading Prize winner for his second collection, The Lions. This issue features the Prize reading, his essay on the poetry of Larry Levis entitled "As if in the Sleep of the Other," as well as three poems including “The Lions,” originally published in v7n1. In v8n2, Ron Slate reviewed The Lions as a collection that is “richly imagined and tightly trussed, made of turbulent poems that achieve a fine, dissatisfied balance.”

     
  Nicky Beer, v8n1
The Diminishing House, Nicky Beer’s first volume, was published in 2010. She is featured in the Introductions Loop of issue v8n1 with an audio suite of four of her poems. That issue’s Tracking the Muse included her essay, “From Muderously to Mussel,” on the essential tools of writing. In v9n2, Beer contributes to our annual Levis celebration events with her essay, “The Inhuman Witness: Animals in the Poetry of Larry Levis.”

     
  James Hoch, v4n2, v6n2, v8n2, and v9n1
Poetry by James Hoch appears in v4n2, v6n2, and v9n1. In v8n2, Grant White reviewed Hoch’s second collection, Miscreants, stating that Hoch's work was a witness “the aftermath of a fractured innocence.” Hoch’s contribution to Larry Levis: A Celebration, an essay entitled “Coming Through: The Intensity and Intimacy of Levis and Caravaggio,” is included in v9n2.
     
 

Anna Journey, v4n1, v5n2, v6n1, v8n1, and v8n2
In a v8n2 review of Journey’s If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting, Randy Marshall described the voice in Journey’s work as a “chorus of pseudo personas.” Her reviews have appeared in v4n1, v5n2, and v6n1, and six poems appeared in v8n2 with accompanying audio. In this issue, her essay, “Seducing the Nymph From the Tree: Larry Levis, Metamorphosis, and Elegy” is included in the Levis Remembered Reading Loop.

     
  Matt Donovan, v7n2
Donovan’s collection Vellum received the 11th annual Levis Reading Prize. Issue v7n2 contains his reading from the event, a conversation that touches upon the process putting together a book of poems, as well as five of Donovan’s poems. As part of the current issue, we have included his contribution to the Larry Levis: A Celebration panels, an essay entitled “Unreality & Real Distress: Ekphrasis and Emotion in the Poems of Larry Levis.”
     
 

David St. John, v1n1
This year, David St. John opened Larry Levis: A Celebration with a reminiscence of his friendship with Levis and a reading that spanned from his own early work to new, unpublished pieces. The audio and transcript of this reading appear in this issue. Blackbird’s premier issue included four of St. John’s enigmatic poems, including “Zuni Ring,” a contemplative study of our connection to the material world.

     
  Richard Carlyon, v1n1, v4n2, v5n1, and v8n1
“In other words, the emphasis is on discovery.” Blackbird’s first issue presents an introduction, extensive interviews with Carlyon, and his video “Flight Song.” Memorial retrospectives, interviews, and essays on the esteemed artist and his prolific work are included in v4n2, and v8n1, and Carlyon’s family contributes a video in memoriam in v5n1. An early work utilizing a collection of vintage images, “Postcards to Aix” appears in the current issue’s Gallery.
     
  Tracking the Muse, v9n1
Since 2007, we have asked contributors featured in our Introductions Loop to provide us with some insight to their creative process. The latest installment features three poets and three short fiction writer discuss how the happenstance and anguish of revision contribute to the magic and hard work of creative expression. Enjoy commentary by Jocelyn Cullity, Melody S. Gee, Zachary Mason, Airin Miller, Joanna Pearson, and Sara Quinn Rivara.



Volume 9, Number 1 | May 2010

Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed | Drew Blanchard | Carol Ann Davis | Claudia Emerson | Melody S. Gee | Paul Gibbons | Margaret Gibson | Kathleen Graber | Philip Gross | Jenn Habel | Henry Hart | James Hoch | Andrew Hudgins | T.R. Hummer | Joel F. Johnson | W. Todd Kaneko | Kelli Anne Noftle | Biljana D. Obradović | Miriam O'Neal | Joanna Pearson | Allan Peterson | Jamie Quatro | Liana Quill | Bethany Reid | Sara Quinn Rivara | David Roderick | Katelyn Romaine | Natalie Shapero | Ron Smith | Catherine Staples | Leon Weinmann | Lesley Wheeler | Desmond Kon Yishǒu-Zhetian

Fiction: Jocelyn Cullity | Curt Eriksen | Matthew Healy | Agymah Kamau | Zachary Mason | Airin Miller | Al Sim | Deb Olin Unferth

Nonfiction: Hal Crowther | R.H.W. Dillard | Sarah Vap | Kimberly L. Becker | Avery Beckendorf | Michaux Dempster | Randy Marshall | Gregory Kimbrell | Maggie Schwed | Grant White | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Jessica Lang | Ben Jurgensen | Deb Olin Unferth & Scott Bateman | Video Essay Suite: Jessica Bardsley & Penny Lane, John Bresland, Carl Diehl, Marilyn Freeman, Claudia Rankine & John Lucas, John Scott | Irene Ziegler

Audio/Video/Flash: Video Essay Suite: Jessica Bardsley & Penny Lane, John Bresland, Carl Diehl, Marilyn Freeman, Claudia Rankine & John Lucas, John Scott | Terrance Hayes | Bret Lott

Volume 8, Number 2 | November 2009

Poetry: Sherman Alexie | M.L. Brown | Christopher Burawa | Kevin Cantwell | A. V. Christie | Peter Cooley | Lisa Fay Coutley | Julie Danho | Chard deNiord | Leah Dunham | Katie Ford | Jennifer H. Fortin | Danielle Hanson | Ruth Ellen Kocher | Larry Levis | Sandy Longhorn | Dawn Lonsinger | Darren Morris | Elisabeth Murawski | Rodney Nelson | William Olsen | Alison Pelegrin | Paisley Rekdal | Catie Rosemurgy | Maureen Seaton | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Peter Shippy | R. T. Smith | Sofia M. Starnes | Shirley Stephenson | Gerald Stern | Laura Van Prooyen | Katrina Vandenberg | Ron Winkler | Carolyne Wright | Jake Adam York

Fiction: Madison Smartt Bell | Michelle Brafman | Adrian Dorris | Marcela Fuentes | David Lynn | Airin Miller

Nonfiction: Shanley Jacobs | Larry Levis | Randy Marshall | Ron Slate | Laura Van Prooyen | Sarah Vap | Grant White | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Anne Browder | Alan Bigelow | David Caudle

Audio/Video/Flash: Alan Bigelow | Anne Browder | Katie Ford | Ron Winkler


Volume 8, Number 1 | May 2009

Poetry: Nick Admussen | Maureen Alsop | Nicky Beer | Kara Candito | Victoria Chang | Ann Fisher-Wirth | Julie Funderburk | Heather June Gibbons | Anna Journey | Philip Levine | Catherine MacDonald | Erika Meitner | Mary Petrosky | Wyatt Prunty | Jessica Ratigan | Rita Mae Reese | Joshua Rivkin | Metta Sáma | Diane Seuss | Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet | Jean Valentine | Jasmine Dreame Wagner

Fiction: Alexis Apfelbaum | Claire Bateman | Thomas Cooper | Marina Antropow Cramer | Michael Croley | Taylur Thu Hien Ngo | Christine Schutt

Nonfiction: Jehanne Dubrow | Mary Lee Allen | Sandra Beasley | Craig Beaven | Catherine MacDonald | Matthew Myers | Patty Paine | Jesse Ulmer | Grant White | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Myron Helfgott | Emily Smith | G.K. Wuori

Audio/Video/Flash: Chris Abani | Nicky Beer | Kara Candito | Richard Carlyon | Thomas Cooper | Claudia Emerson | Anna Journey | Taylur Thu Hien Ngo | Megan O’Rourke | Jean Valentine


Volume 7, Number 2 | November 2008

Poetry: Betty Adcock | M.C. Allan | Andrew Allport | Adam Chiles | Ramola D | Jennifer Kwon Dobbs | Matt Donovan | Todd Fredson | Henry Hart | Jeanne Larsen | Patrick Lawler | Larry Levis | Louise Mathias | Khaled Mattawa | Irene McKinney | Iman Mersal | Edie Rhoads | Ron Smith | Gerald Stern | Allison Titus | Sarah Vap | Bruce Weigl | Jonathan Weinert | Joe Wilkins | Terri Witek

Fiction: John Allman | Forrest Anderson | David Huddle | K. Kirk | Lee Smith | Jessalyn Wakefield

Nonfiction: Constance Adler | Christopher Buckley | Larry Levis | Chapbook Omnibus Review | Mary Lee Allen | Randy Marshall | Catherine MacDonald | Karla Huston | Matthew Myers | Michele Poulos | David Roderick | Ron Slate | Carol Houck Smith | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Ebtisam Abdul Aziz | Manal Al Dowayan | Tarek Al Ghoussein | Levis Found Portraits | Madeline McGehee | John Ravenal | David Roby

Audio/Video/Flash: Ebtisam Abdul Aziz | David Baker | Manal Al Dowayan | Matt Donovan | Tarek Al Ghoussein | Larry Levis | Madeline McGehee | Tomaž Šalamun | Carol Houck Smith | Gerald Stern | Charles Wright | Patrick Vickers

Volume 7, Number 1 | May 2008

Poetry: Susan Aizenberg | Jeffrey Bahr | Sandra Beasley | Agatha Beins | Bruce Bond | Ash Bowen | Abraham Burickson | Peter Campion | Judith Cofer | Wyn Cooper | Norma Dubie | Jehanne Dubrow | Rishma Dunlop | Claudia Emerson | Jaimee Hill | Lynda Hull | David Keplinger | James Thomas Miller | Joshua Poteat | Tomaž Šalamun | Elizabeth Scanlon | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Fritz Ward | Ryo Yamaguchi

Fiction: Liam Callanan | George Garrett | Molly Giles | Miroslav Penkov | Peter Taylor

Nonfiction: Elizabeth Alexander | Sandra Beasley | Craig Beaven | John Casey | Kelly Cherry | Mark Doty | Mary Flinn | Mary Gordon | David Jauss | David Lynn | Catherine MacDonald | Brenda Shaughnessy | Susan Settlemyre Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Sami Ben Larbi | Terry Gibson | John Ravenal

Audio/Video/Flash: Elizabeth Alexander | Mark Doty | Mary Gordon | Lynda Hull | David Jauss | Sami Ben Larbi | Brenda Shaughnessy | David Wojahn | Patrick Vickers

Volume 6, Number 2 | November 1, 2007

Poetry: Chris Abani | Victoria Chang | Michael Chitwood | Keith Ekiss | Gibson Fay-LeBlanc | Beth Ann Fennelly | Raza Ali Hasan | James Hoch | Cyan James | Julia Johnson | Larry Levis | Khaled Mattawa | Timothy O’Keefe | Catherine Pierce | Jon Pineda | John Poch | Austin Segrest | Louie Skipper | Ron Smith | Robert Thomas | Joshua Weiner | Lesley Wheeler | Charles Wright

Fiction: Zane Kotker | Jill McCorkle | Amey Miller | Richard Schmitt | Sruthi
Thekkiam | Laura Madeline Wiseman

Nonfiction: Mary Lee Allen | Rebecca Black | Michael Collier | Margaret Gibson | Catherine MacDonald | William Olsen & David Wojahn | Allison Seay | Ron Slate | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Margrét Blöndal | Gerald Donato | Yasmine Rana | John Ravenal

Audio Interviews/Reading: Rebecca Black | Margrét Blöndal | Michael Collier | Gregory Donovan | Beth Ann Fennelly | Larry Levis | Khaled Mattawa | Terry Oggel | Janet Peery | Joshua Weiner | David Wojahn


Volume 6, Number 1 | May 1, 2007

Poetry: Renee Ashley | Paula Bohince | Ronda Broatch | Paula Cisewski | Nicole Cooley | Leigh Anne Couch | Mary Cresswell | Catherine Daly | Kathy Davis | Adam Day | Beth Ann Fennelly | Ann Fisher-Wirth | Twilight Greenaway | Danielle
Hanson | Henry Hart | David Huddle | Kevin McFadden | Maggie Schwed | Diane Seuss | Dana Littlepage Smith | Maggie Smith | Michael Snediker

Fiction: John Allman | Kavita Dorai | Anne Germanacos | Michael Griffith | Richard Jespers | Michael Kardos | William Henry lewis | Court Merrigan | Amey Miller

Nonfiction: Laura Browder | Hal Crowther | Margaret Gibson | Robert D.
Richardson | Ron Slate | Ron Smith | Ellen Bryant Voigt | Anna Journey | Michele Poulos | Amy Unsworth

Gallery: Dan O’Brien | Kevin Hamilton | AJ Liberto | John Ravenal | Camille Zakharia

Audio Interviews/Reading: Laura Browder | Beth Ann Fennelly | Kevin Hamilton | Robert D. Richardson | Ellen Bryant Voigt | Ann Fisher-Wirth | Camille Zakharia


Volume 5, Number 2
| November 1, 2006

Poetry: Jeff Baker | Rebecca Black | Elizabeth Bradfield | Robin Ekiss | Susan Elbe | Leonard Gontarek | Carolyn Guinzio | Anne Haines | Douglas S. Jones | Sally Rosen Kindred | David Dodd Lee | Larry Levis | Sandy Longhorn | Robert Lopez | Tomás Q. Morín | Valerie Nieman | Bryan Penberthy | Sam Pereira | Sylvia Plath | Paisley Rekdal | Rachel Richardson | Alan Shapiro | Ron Slate | Terese Svoboda | Laura Van Prooyen | Mark Yakich | Jake Adam York

Fiction: Liliana V. Blum | Becky Bradway | Caitlin Horrocks | Josip Novakovich | Peter Orner | Genanne Walsh | Ahmad Saidullah

Nonfiction: David Baker | Stephen Dunn | Robert Richardson | Susan Settlemyre Williams | Anna Journey | Jennifer Merrifield | Tina Barr | Craig Beaven | Michaux Demptster | Ann Glenn | Jesse Ulmer

Gallery: Shigeo Kawashima | Laura Lark | Liza Lentini | John Ravenal

Audio Interviews/Reading: Dan Albergotti | Larry Levis | Cecily Parks | Ron Slate | Lee Smith | Mark Yakich


Volume 5, Number 1 | May 1, 2006

Poetry: John Allman | Becca Barniskis | Sandra Beasley | Jennifer Chang | R. H. W. Dillard | Jehanne Dubrow | Margaret Gibson | Lorene Lamothe | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Christine Perrin | Catherine Pierce | Ed Skoog | Alison Stine | Sarah Vap | Martin Walls | Terri Witek

Fiction: Lorraine Adams | Kathy Flann | Anne Germanacos | R. T. Smith | Misty Urban | Scott Yarbrough

Nonfiction: Rodney Jones | Ron Smith | Mary Lee Allen | Jennifer Merrifield | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Richard Carlyon | Benjamin S. Jones | Karina Peisajovich | Sheri Reynolds | William Jay Smith

Audio Interviews/Reading: Lorraine Adams | Aimee Bender | Liam Callanan | Richard Carlyon | Tony D’Souza | Rodney Jones | Sheri Reynolds | Ron Smith | Natasha Trethewey


Volume 4, Number 2 | November 1, 2005

Poetry: Dilruba Ahmed | Dan Albergotti | Craig Beaven | Elinor Benedict | Linda Bierds | Victoria Chang | Daniel Coudriet | Michelle Detorie | Rebecca Dunham | Nancy Taylor Everett | Richard Garcia | Steve Gehrke | Douglas Goetsch | James Hoch | Lesley Jenike | Larry Levis | Ada Limón | Dave Lucas | Karyna McGlynn | Allan Peterson | Spencer Reece | David Roderick | Peter Jay Shippy | Christine Stewart | Susan Terris | Emily Warn | Emily Watson | Carolyne Wright | Dave Zoby

Fiction: Stephany Brown | Dana Cann | Cary Holladay | Christopher Orlet | Janet Peery | Suzanne Rivecca

Nonfiction: Tom Andrews | Marian Crotty | Ron Smith | Susan Settlemyre Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Adaptation Syndrome | Richard Carlyon | George Ferrandi | Daisy Foote | George Garrett | Larry Levis | Yasmine Rana

Audio Interviews/Readings: Dan Albergotti | Craig Beaven | Richard Carlyon | Daniel Coudriet | Hal Crowther | Tom De Haven | Allison Joseph | Larry Levis | Ada Limón | Elizabeth McCracken and Ann Patchett | Karyna McGlynn | Spencer Reece
David Roderick


Volume 4, Number 1 | May 1, 2005

Poetry: Beth Bachmann | Susanna Childress | William E. Dudley | Tess Gallagher | Rodney Jones | Jennifer L. Knox | Robert Krut | Linda Malnack | Sarah Manguso | Jeredith Merrin | Cecily Parks | Alison Pelegrin | John Poch | Jody Rambo | F. Daniel Rzicznek | Jeannine Savard | Ravi Shankar | Adam J. Sorkin | Brian Teare | Matthew Thorburn | Liliana Ursu | Rachel Jamison Webster

Fiction: John Allman | Michael Croley | Jennifer Dickinson | Jeremy Griffin | Neil Grimmett

Nonfiction: Mary Lee Allen | Michaux Dempster | Anna Journey | Mark Strand | David Wojahn

Gallery: Sarah Bednarek | John Bresland | Clay McLeod Chapman

Audio Interviews/Readings: Richard Bausch | John Bresland | Ron Carlson | Victoria Chang | Michael Croley | Allison Joseph | William Matthews with David Wojahn and James Harms | Cecily Parks | Paisley Rekdal | Ravi Shankar | Alan Shapiro | Terese Svoboda | Liliana Ursu by Ileana Popa | Terri Witek | Jake Adam York | Dean Young


Volume 3, Number 2 | November 1, 2004

Poetry: Susan Aizenberg | Talvikki Ansel | Brian Barker | Larry Bradley | Victoria Chang | David Daniel | Mary Dixon | Lisa Gluskin | Danielle Hanson | James Himelsbach | Peter Klein | Jeanne Larsen | Shara Lessley | Larry Levis | Alexander Long | Karen Maceira | Sean Nevin | Hugh Steinberg | Laura-Gray Street | Ellen Bryant Voigt | Jake Adam York

Fiction: Heather Burt | Michael Byers | Bryn Chancellor | Angela Davis-Gardner | Richard McCann | Charles Rose

Nonfiction: Marjorie Agosín | Craig Beaven | Edward Byrne | Philip Levine | William Matthews | Susan S. Williams | David Wojahn

Gallery: Wendy Ewald | June Guralnick | Pivot Points

Audio Interviews/Readings: Marjorie Agosín | Sally Bowring | Michael Byers | David Daniel | Gregory Donovan | Philip Levine | Larry Levis | William Matthews with David Wojahn and James Harms | Richard McCann | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Joshua Poteat | Dave Smith | Laura-Gray Street | Ellen Bryant Voigt


Volume 3, Number 1 | May 1, 2004

Poetry: Rick Barot | Rita Chin | Beth Ann Fennelly | Cathryn Hankla | Norbert Hirschhorn | Art Homer | Joy Katz | April Lindner | Peggy Shumaker | Knute Skinner | Mathias Svalina | Chase Twichell | Marlys West | Charles Wright | C. Dale Young

Fiction: Kate Hill Cantrill | George Garrett | William Luvaas | Jon Pineda | R. T. Smith

Nonfiction: Pam Durban | Christian Horlick | Randy Marshall | Clara Silverstein | Susan S. Williams

Gallery: Patrick Cribben | Mark Harris | John Newman | Peter Schjeldahl

Audio Interviews/Readings: Rick Barot | Erica Dawson | Wesley Gibson | Juliana Gray | Jon Pineda | Peter Schjeldahl | Mathias Svalina | Chase Twichell | Kevin Wilson | Charles Wright


Volume 2, Number 2 | November 1, 2003

Poetry: Susan Aizenberg | Erica Dawson | Norman Dubie | Juliana Gray | T. R. Hummer | Christian Kiefer | Melissa Koosmann | Larry Levis | Louise Mathias | Kate Northrop | Kathleen Peirce | Allan Peterson | Reginald Shepherd | Lisa Russ Spaar | Gerald Stern | Amy Tudor | G. C. Waldrep | Tony Whedon

Fiction: Colleen Curran | Terese Svoboda | Patricia Wagner | Kevin Wilson | Isabel Zuber

Nonfiction: Craig Beaven | T. R. Hummer | Dave Smith | Troy Teegarden | Susan S. Williams

Gallery: David Freed | Dan O’Brien | Richard Roth

Audio Interviews/Readings: Susan Aizenberg | Rick Barot | Colleen Curran | Samuel R. Delany | Andrew Hudgins | T. R. Hummer | Larry Levis | Patricia Wagner | Isabel Zuber


Volume 2, Number 1 | May 1, 2003

Poetry: John Allman | Sheila Black | Geoffrey Brock | Norman Dubie | Denise Duhamel | Cornelius Eady | Claudia Emerson | Jason Golos | Laura Johnson | Christine Boyka Kluge | Erin Lambert | Gary Leising | Miguel Murphy | Natalie Peeterse | Joshua Poteat | Paisley Rekdal | A. E. Stallings | Tim Suermondt | Terri Witek

Fiction: Becky Hagenston | Julia Johnson | Melissa Pritchard | Sandi D. Terry

Nonfiction: R. H. W. Dillard | Craig Beaven | Dennis Danvers | Edward Falco | Susan Garrett

Gallery: Chris Burnside | Donald Kuspit | Sheila Pepe

Audio Interviews/Readings: Chris Burnside | R. H. W. Dillard | Cornelius Eady | Virginia Holman | Julia Johnson | Erin Lambert | Joshua Poteat


Volume 1, Number 2 | November 1, 2002

Poetry: B. H. Boston | Kevin Boyle | Leigh Ann Couch | Norman Dubie | Lynn Emanuel | Corrinne Clegg Hales | Henry Hart | Rodney Jack | Gerry LaFemina | Larry Levis | Richard McCann | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Elisabeth Murawski | Eric Pankey | Stanley Plumly | Victoria Redel | John Rybicki | Jane Satterfield | Steve Scafidi | Margot Schilpp | Clara Silverstein | D. James Smith | Ron Smith | Terese Svoboda | Ross Taylor

Fiction: Rick DeMarinis | Leon Rooke | Christine Schutt | J. David Stevens

Nonfiction: Mark Jarman | Larry Levis | Randy Marshall | Leonard Rogoff | Susan Settlemyre Williams

Gallery: Myron Helfgott | Douglas Jones | Song-yi Kim

Audio Interviews/Readings: Leigh Anne Couch | Lynn Emanuel | Claudia Emerson | Myron Helfgott | Mark Jarman | Douglas Jones | Larry Levis | Elizabeth Seydel Morgan | Steve Scafidi | Clara Silverstein | Ron Smith


Volume 1, Number 1 | April 15, 2002

Poetry: Michael Chitwood | Margaret Gibson | Beckian Fritz Goldberg | Rachel Hadas | John Hoppenthaler | Mark Jarman | Philip Levine | E. Ethelbert Miller | Marilyn Nelson translating Inge Pederson | Peggy Shumaker | R.T. Smith | David St. John | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Henry Taylor

Fiction: Carrie Brown | John Dufresne | George Garrett | Manuel Martinez | Lily Tuck

Nonfiction: Hal Crowther | Elizabeth King

Gallery: Romulus Linney | Richard Carlyon

Audio Interviews/Readings: Carrie Brown | Richard Carlyon | Hal Crowther | George Garrett | Margaret Gibson | Mark Jarman | Romulus Linney | Marilyn Nelson | Wyatt Prunty | Peggy Shumaker | Eleanor Ross Taylor | Henry Taylor