Cover Photo:
“Waiting for the Bride”
by Gerald Wheeler, Katy, Texas
(misprinted in the issue)
Cover Design:
Michael G. Howell
Big Muddy 5.2
Editor
Dr. Susan Swartwout
Assistant Editor
Michael G. Howell
Mandy Henley
Publishing Interns
Ryan King
Kris Yesley
Wade Christian
Emily Eufinger
Alex Niswonger
Shawn McLain
Mary Eakins
Editorial Assistants
Jon Thrower
Ben Foster
Back Issue, $8.00 (plus postage)
If you are a contributer, please contact us to find out about your discount.
Contents
Fiction
Tricia Dower, Toronto, Ontario
Disappearing Acts
Phil Harvey, Maryland
Track Meet
Ginger Hendricks, North Carolina
The Creek Behind Our House
Paul Lewellan, Iowa
The Positive Side of T.K. McCoy
Russell McKee, Michigan
Archy and the Mules: An American Tall Tale
Robert J. Nelson, Nebraska
The Devil’s Face
Robert D. Sutherland, Illinois
Point of Departure
Tim E. Walker, Kentucky
The Wave
John Weagley, Illinois
Twilight of the Fireflies
Mike Wendling, London, England
No Gas
Photography/Artwork
Carol Wheeler, Texas
Passion Vine
Variegated Hybiscus
Yellow Orchid
Gerald Wheeler, Texas
Yearling after Storm (misprinted in the issue)
Poetry
Louis E. Bourgeois, Mississippi
End of Fishing Season on Bayou Sauvage
Walking
Richard Broderick, Minnesota
On My 55th Birthday
Foggy Day on the Mississippi
Gail Rudd Entrekin, California
Snoring
Secrets
Patricia L. Hamilton, Tennessee
Southern Comfort
Lois Beebe Hayna, Colorado
May Morning
John Cantey Knight, Louisiana
Waiting to Be Astonished
Philip C. Kolin, Mississippi
The Last Transfers
Elaine Fowler Palencia, Illinois
Illinois Skies
David Radavich, Illinois
Great Flood
Sherri Ryan, Kansas
Lantern
J.D. Smith, Washington, DC
Post-Prairie
Ryan G. Van Cleave, South Carolina
The Kudzu Queen
Confession #32
Reviews
John E. Miller reviews:
Blanke, David. Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest. Ohio University Press, 2000. Paper, 282 pp., $21.95. Nonfiction.
Joel Vinson reviews:
Harrison, Jim. True North. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004. Cloth, 448 pp., $24. Fiction.
Michael G. Howell reviews:
Kooser, Ted. Delights and Shadows. Copper Canyon Press, 2004. Paper, 96 pp., $15. Poetry.
Laura DeJournett reviews:
Hoagland, Tony. What Narcissism Means to Me. Graywolf Press, 2003. Paper, 96 pp., $14. Poetry.
Jon Thrower reviews:
Hamblin, Robert. Mind the Gap: Poems by an American in London. Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2003. Paper, 95 pp., $12. Poetry.