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John Barber White in front of train
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Courtesy of the Center for Ozark studies Collection, Box 34, Folder 1, Special Collections and Archives, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. Folder 7099: Missouri Lumber and Mining Company Records, 1853-1945, Western Historical Manuscript Collection—University of Missouri.
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Contents
Nonfiction
David Benac, Louisiana
Ozarkers and Industry: The Integration of Economic and Social Behaviors
L. Bledsoe, Virginia
Seining
Kevin Koch, Iowa
Manitoumie. Sinsinawa.
C.D. Mitchell, Tennessee
Memphis
Keith A. Sculle, Illinois
The Tomahawk Trading Post—More than a Store
Fiction
Ann Boaden, Illinois
Amnesty
Jesse Laurentius, Missouri
Porch Man
Dennis Nau, Minnesota
The Man with the Broken Face
Lynda Firth Raines, Virginia
Southern Health
Photography/Artwork
Jake Wells, Missouri
Creekside
Hubble Creek
Mississippi Nights
Castor River
Shut-ins
Mississippi Riverside #1
Poetry
C.D. Albin, Missouri
White-tail
Maureen Alsop, California
Night Pastures
David Bond, Illinois
Against My Will I Think of You
What Editors Are Not Looking For
Daniel Crocker, Michigan
Camping in Missouri
Kendall Dunkelberg, Mississippi
Natchez
Malaika Favorite, Georgia
Sailing Ships
Cross Burning
Brian C. Felder, Delaware
Sunday Morning in the French Quarter
John Cantey Knight, Louisiana
new orleans continuing center for the performing arts
Tim Kahl, California
The Swimsuit Model
M. Landrum, Alabama
City Water
Michael Meyerhofer, Illinois
The End of the World
The Witchhazel Beggar of Chicago Union Station
Richard Sederstrom, Arizona
The Old Lecturer
Ryan G. Van Cleave, South Carolina
Enlightened
Blue Sonnet
Reviews
Thomas Ruys Smith reviews:
Feldman, Jay. When the Mississippi Ran Backwards. The Free Press, 2005. Cloth, 305 pp. $27. Nonfiction.
Larry Underberg reviews:
Bealle, John. Old Time Music and Dance. Quarry Books, 2005. Paper, 343 pp. $24.95. Nonfiction.
Anna-Marie Beard reviews:
Soto, Gary. Help Wanted. Harcourt, 2005. Cloth, 216 pp. $17. Short Fiction.
T.M. Eaton reviews:
Ehrlich, Gretel. Drinking Dry Clouds: Stories from Wyoming. University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Paper, 160 pp. $18.95. Short Fiction
Jennifer Hotop reviews:
Gaines, Ernest J. Mozart and Leadbelly. Knopf, 2005. Cloth, 159 pp. $22.95. Short Fiction.
Renee Johnson reviews:
Munro, Alice. Runaway. Vintage Contemporaries, 2005. Paper, 335 pp. $14.95. Short Fiction.
Ryan King reviews:
Fincke, Gary. Sorry I Worried You. University of Georgia Press, 2004. Cloth, 232 pp. $24.95. Short Fiction.
Ross Martin reviews:
Eggers, Dave. How We Are Hungry. McSweeney’s, 2004. Cloth, 240 pp. $14.96. Short Fiction.
Brian Rhodes reviews:
Monson, Ander. Other Electricities: Stories. Sarabande Books, 2005. Paper, 167 pp. $14.95. Short Fiction.
James D’Agostino reviews:
LaFemina, Gerry and Daniel Crocker, eds. Poetry 30: Thirty-something American Thirty-something Poets. Mammoth Books, 2005. Paper, 340 pp. $19.95. Poetry.
Meredith Purvis reviews:
Perez Estrada, Raphael. Trans. Steven J. Stewart. Devoured by the Moon. Hanging Loose Press, 2004. Paper, 143 pp. $14. Poetry
Jon Thrower reviews:
Matthews, Clay. Muffler. H_NGM_N B_ _KS, 2005. Chapbook, 33 pp. $6. Poetry.