Big Muddy 13.1
Editor
Dr. Susan Swartwout
Assistant Editor
Amanda Meyer
Caleb Tankersley
Carrie Walker
Publishing Interns
Alex Hughes
Shaylin Montgomery
Rebekah Scheffer
Melanie Whithaus
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Contents
2012 Contest Winners
Jessica Weatherford, Texas
Lure
Anna Dizack, Arizona
Inheritance
Non-Fiction
Steven Bender
Tragedy at Neely’s Landing: The Burning of the Steamer Stonewall
Mike Bezemek
Rivers Unknown
Fiction
Doug Hoekstra
Extra Sensory Something
Stephanie Dickinson
Vanilla Wafers
Crona Gallagher
The Wisdom of Eggs
Robert Hamblin
Ex-Convict
Bridgette Shade
The Machinist’s Son
Malaika Favorite
Abigail
Photography
Willy Conley
Sundial
Sears Oil Company
Bait Shack
Used Car Shack
Poetry
Angelina Oberdan
Hunting for Treasure
Kenneth O’Keefe
Time Capsule
Jianqing Zheng
Spring
Matthew Brown
Marriage
The Hills Behind the Farm
Paul Martin
Aunt Vilma
Karen Eileen Sisk
Writing the Bird Book
JB Mulligan
questions and answers
Holly Guran
Green Heron
Marsh
John McKernan
Ways to Begin an Elegy
Daniel James Sundahl
Road-Hunting, October 1965
David Gross
Storm Awareness
Ed Meek
New Madrid, MO, 1811
Kristin Berkey-Abbott
Somewhere Between Side Dish and Dessert
Elyse Schuler-Cruz
I Thought of You Today
Mark Taksa
Seeds
Lowell Jaeger
The Cold War at Home
How We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis
Bill Brown
April’s Fool
Robert Joe Stout
Iowan Looking West from Oregon
Danielle Rohac
Fall in Michigan
Patricia L. Hamilton
Fourth of July
Reviews
Angela Spinzig reviews:
Xiaobo, Liu. June Fourth Elegies. Graywolf Press, 2012. 229pp. Hardcover: $26.00
Marcie Upchurch reviews:
DeBlasio, Donna M., Charles F. Ganzert, David H. Mould, Stephen H. Paschen, and Howard L. Sacks. Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History. Swallow Press, 2009. 218 pp. Paper: $16.95
Nathan Reynolds reviews:
Frank, Matthew Gavin. Pot Farm. University of Nebraska Press, 2012. 223 pp. Paper: $16.95
Geist, Jennifer reviews:
Carcia, Karen. On Subjects of Which We Know Nothing. New Michigan Press, 2011. 48 pp. Paper: $9.00
Samantha Carano reviews:
Disch, Thomas M. A Tale of Terror. University of Minnesota Press, 2010. 292 pp. Paper: $16.95
Marcie Upchurch reviews:
Mihesuah, Devon Abbott. Document of Expectations. Michigan State University Press, 2011. 195 pp. Paper: $19.95.
Adam Armstrong reviews:
Berger, Jacqueline. The Gift That Arrives Broken. Autumn House Press, 2010. 85pp. Paper: $14.95.
Jeannette Boylin reviews:
Boruch, Marianne. The Glimpse Traveler. Indiana University Press, 2011. 227 pp. Paper: $19.95.
Marcie Upchurch reviews:
Spufford, Francis. Red Plenty. Graywolf Press, 2010. 434 pp. Paper: $16.00.
Adam Armstrong reviews:
Ricca, Brad. American Mastodon. Black Lawrence Press, 2011. 81 pp. Paper: $14.00.
Samantha Carano reviews:
Baker, Deborah. The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism. Graywolf Press, 2011. 246 pp. Hardcover: $23.00.