F E A T U R E D A R T I S T : R O B E R T M A C C R E A D Y
UNTITLED
photographs by Robert MacCready
STATEMENT BY THE ARTIST
notes on life and work, by Robert MacCready
T R A N S L A T I O N S
1 : : 85
epigrams by Catullus, translated from the Latin by David Macey
THE THAW
fiction by Ólafur Gunnarsson, translated from the Icelandic by Ólafur Gunnarsson and Steven Meyers
TRENY #1 (ON THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER, URSZULA)
TRENY #7 (ON THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER, URSZULA)
an excerpt from PAN TADEUSZ
poetry by Jan Kochanowski and Adam Mickiewicz, translated from the Polish by Leonard Kress
CZEŚĆ
a poem by Miriam Kotzin, translated from the English by Piotr Siwecki
THE BIRTH OF A SMILE : : BLACK EARTH : : UNTITLED
poems by Osip Mandelshtam, translated from the Russian by Tony Brinkley and Raina Kostova
[AGAINST THE PALE-BLUE ENAMEL]
A MAN ON FOOT : : [THE MUFFLED SOUND OF THE FRUIT]
poems by Osip Mandelshtam, translated from the Russian by Alistair Noon
[WHAT A SHAME I COULDN'T BUY SOMEBODY'S DRESS]
[WHO SENT THE SCISSORS,]
poems by Maya Sarishvili, translated from the Georgian by Nena Giorgadze, Timothy Kercher,
and Ani Kopliani
P O E T R Y
SELF-PORTRAIT IN A POWDERED WIG
a poem by Ray De Angelo Harris Sr.
THE WIDOW
a poem by Vanessa Blakeslee
TO A LITTLE WHITE MOUSE
a poem by Yu-Han Chao
THE IMPOSTER
a poem by Mark DeCarteret
BOLT ACTION: A LESSON IN DIFFICULT SUBJECTS : : THE BOYS WHO LEARNED TO FUCK
FROM PORN MOVIES
VERSUS THE BOYS WHO LEARNED TO FUCK FROM THEIR FATHERS : : HIS BROTHER
HAD SHOT THE BOAT-TAILED BIRD
poems by Maggie Glover
THE LOVE SONG OF T. S. ELIOT
a poem by John Guzlowski
CHE GUEVARA'S FINGERS
a poem by Kathleen Hellen
CUTTING DOWN THE PROPERTY LINE
a poem by Sean Karns
AGNOSTIC HEARS 'THE LORD'S PRAYER' IN LATIN
TRIVIA GAME FOR A SUICIDE BOMB
poems by Heather Kirn
LOVERS IN WINTER
a poem by Steven Klepetar
IN A FIFTH FLOOR MOSCOW WALK-UP, WAITING FOR THE PLUMBER
a poem by J. Patrick Lewis
21 GREGUERIAS
grequerias by Daniel Liebert
SURREALIST FILM-MAKING
a poem by Aditi Machado
NEWS AND OTHER NEWS
a poem by Corey Mesler
LANTERNS
a poem by Sanna Stegmaier
THE TELEVISION MAKES ITS PROMISES BETWEEN CHANNELS
a poem by Gabriel Welsch
EACH WORD HOLDS THE WORLD : : SIX DAYS' LAMENT
poems by Joe Wilkins
F I C T I O N & N O N F I C T I O N
Duff Brenna's THE HOLY BOOK OF THE BEARD
Christopher Higgs's THE COMPLETE WORKS OF MARVIN K. MOONEY
Adam Novy's THE AVIAN GOSPELS
selections from new releases
THE TREE LOT
an essay by Shane E. Bondi
DOPE
an essay by Kelly Daniels
A CERTAIN KIND OF RURAL STORY
fiction by Scott Elliott
THE WALL OF DEATH
fiction by Chris D. Harvey
A QUICK LOVE STORY OF SLIGHT PROPORTIONS
fiction by Emilia Snyder
R E V I E W S & C O M M E N T A R Y
POLICE, ADJECTIVE—SOME THOUGHTS
criticism by Joy Al-Sofi
THE RAVENOUS AUDIENCE
a review of Kate Durbin's collection of poems, by Sivan Butler-Rotholz
TEN QUESTIONS: CLOUD CULT
the first in a series of interviews with indie rock bands, conducted by Raul Clement
BEIRUT39: THE CONTROVERSIAL 'BEST' OF ARAB WRITING
thoughts on the Beirut39 project, by M. Lynx Qualey
THE COLONY
a review of Jillian Weise's novel by Travis Schneider
C O N T R I B U T O R S ' N O T E S