Poetry
SIGMAN BYRD The Jack-Tar’s Song
MAX GARLAND Apparition
DEBORA GREGER The God of Florida
BOGOMIL GJUZEL An Island in Land (translated by P. H. Liotta)
DEBORAH CUMMINS In the Hospital
SUSAN HUTTON Occasional Poem / Brighter
RON DE MARIS Spring in Miami
ERIC PANKEY From the Estate of Spent Magic
ROBERT RICHMAN The Odds
ROBERT A. FINK Summer Work on the Southern Pipeline
Fiction
ANGELA PNEUMAN Home Remedies
VICTOR WALTER A Bell for Rome
CATHERINE GAMMON After L.A.
CHRISTIAN A. ABOUZEID Background Noise
JEFF W. BENS Golden Day
Art
JUSTIN SPRING Fairfield Porter’s Italian Journey
Performance Pieces
JONATHAN LEVY Master Class
Provocations
EUGENE GOODHEART Does Literary Study Have a Future?
Reports from American Places
MOLLY MAGID HOAGLAND Greenwich Village Now: A Letter
JASON WILSON Marbles Champions: A Report from the American South
Interviews
PHILIP BARUTH Beyond Realism: William Kennedy on the Surreal and the Unconscious, the Religious, the Sublime, and the Gonzo
Rediscoveries
LEO TOLSTORY Why Do People Stupefy Themselves?
Book Reviews
BRETT C. MILLIER Another Fan’s Note: Wait Till Next Year, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Contributors’ Notes
COVER ARTIST: Tod Gunter