Big Muddy 1.2
Editor
Dr. Susan Swartwout
Research Assistant
Dan Crocker
Publishing Interns
Bridget Costello
Ryan Heslinga
Editorial Assistants
Chad Armbruster
Rebecca Brown
Lynn Casteel
M'Lee Fife
James Guthrel
Michael G. Howell
Jacqueline Kieres
Carla Lee
Katherine McCarthy
Marybeth Niederkorn
Jon Thrower
Kris Yesley
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Contents
Nonfiction
Cynthia Annett, Kansas
Another View of the River
Peter J. Bergerson & Catherine M. Bergerson, Missouri
The Political Socialization of an American Icon: Rush Limbaugh III
Curt Leitz, Wisconsin
National Myth and the Fallen River in 20th-century Mississippi Travelogues
Carl Pracht, Missouri
A Letter by Arthur M. Hyde on His Years as Missouri Governor
Roald Tweet, Illinois
Lost Treasure
The Front Porch
Fiction
Brendan Straubel, Michigan
The Rain
Photography/Artwork
Don Haupt, Jr., Missouri
Old Lorimier Cemetery
One Last Look
Poetry
Paul Allen, South Carolina
Plenty
Admit
Call Now to Receive
Antler, Wisconsin
Dinosaur Puppy-love
Looking Up at the Milky Way Thought
Carole Cohen, Missouri
Flood Plains
Claire Feild, Mississippi
Ekman Dredge
Pralines
Darren E. Morris, Virginia
The Majesty of Lou Brock
Gerald Nicosia, California
Midwest Rhapsody
Simon Perchik, New York
D2
D140
Dick Stahl, Iowa
Firing My Urn Shell
Brendan Straubel, Michigan
August
Ryan G. Van Cleave, Wisconsin
Open-air Cafe
Two Hours Before She Leaves for Reno for Good, the Security Guard’s Wife
Song of the Gizzard
Reviews
Curt Leitz reviews:
Younker, Richard. Yankin’ and Liftin’ Their Whole Lives: A Mississippi River Fisherman. Shawnee Books (Southern Illinois University Press), 2000. Nonfiction.
Larry Hamilton reviews:
Schneider, Barbara, and David Stevenson. The Ambitions Generation. Yale University Press, 1999. Nonfiction.
Jackie Kieres reviews:
Gribbin, John and Mary Gribbin. Stardust: Supernovae and Life: The Cosmic Connection. Yale University Press, 2000. Nonfiction.
Allen Gathman reviews:
Graves, Joseph L, Jr. The Emperor’s New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millenium. Rutgers University Press, 2001. Nonfiction.
Henry Azuma reviews:
Dalmage, Heather M. Tripping on the Color Line: Black-White Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World. Rutgers University Press, 2000. Nonfiction.
Curt Leitz reviews:
Severs, Ron. One Good Story: A Mississippi Kayak Journey. Nodin Press (Micawber’s), 2000. 148 pp. with photographs by author. Nonfiction.
Susan Swartwout reviews:
Bass, Rick. Brown Dog of the Yaak: Essays on Art and Activism. Milkweed Editions, 1999. Nonfiction.
Susan Swartwout reviews:
Taylor, Helen. Circling Dixie: Contemporary Southern Culture through a Transatlantic Lens. Rutgers University Press, 2001. Nonfiction.
Stephanie Williams reviews:
Ng, Mei. Eating Chinese Food Naked. Washington Square Press, 1998. Fiction.
Rebecca Brown reviews:
Olsen, Lance. Sewing Shut My Eyes. Fiction Collective Two, 2000. Short Fiction.
M’Lee Fife reviews:
Levandoski, Rob. Serendipity Green. Permanent Press, 2000. Fiction.
Stacey Garcia reviews:
Koertge, Ron. Geography of the Forehead. University of Arkansas Press, 2000. Poetry.