Issue 2—1996

POETRY

ASHLIE KAUFFMAN

Dream of the Songbird
The Stranger

MELISSA BERTON

Actress at Sea Level

RICH MURPHY

Bog Gob

LINDSEY ROYCE

My Father the Bard

ANNE E.C. HALSEY

Conversion

M.E. MCGRANN

Minor E- Stranged

I.J. JOHNSON

Apples

JOHN MULROONEY

Water

PIOTR GWIAZDA

Phone Call From the Operator

NICOLE HEFNER

Guinnea-Pig at Quarter ’til Four

CONTEST WINNERS

IRENE KORENFIELD

Procession

CAITLIN GRACE MCDONNELL

Blasting Off For Jupiter

FICTION

JESSICA ANYA BLAU

Lipstick

SARAH K. INMAN

Another Man’s Chicken

BEN MILLER

Son of the General

GILES ROBLYER

I’ve Already Taught My Penis to Say Your Name

DARIN STRAUSS

Smile, Smile

PETER DONAHUE

Throwaway Baby

ALDEN JONES

Not This Girl

DIKA LAM

Lunge Lines

JOHN HODGMAN

One Room, West 100′s, With Character, No Fee

JEFFEREY R.W. KAPLAN

Hook

INTERVIEW

Carol Shields

Interviewed by Hannah Tinti

PORTFOLIO

LINN SAGE

Democracy