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Big Muddy 7.1

Cover Photos:

Front cover-“The Western Anchor of Eads, Also a Refuge”
Back cover-“The Impressive Power of Eads, Crossing the Mississippi since 1874.”

Cover Design:

Kristi Murray and Kristina Yesley

Big Muddy 7.1

Editor

Dr. Susan Swartwout

Assistant Editor

Mandy Henley
Kristi Murray
Kristina Yesley

Publishing Interns

Angela Barbeau
Ross Martin
Jill Wehrheim

Editorial Assistants

Elishia Heiden

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Contents

Nonfiction

Mark Spitzer, Missouri
When Gars Attack

Fiction

Alan Terry Wright, Missouri
Murder in Missouri: An excerpt from Alan Terry Wright’s new book, Murder on Rouse Hill, a Historical Docudrama

Louis E. Bourgeois, Mississippi
Crabs
Pirogue Races

D. Mitchell, Alabama
Ferdinand C. Posey

Charles Edward Brooks, Zurich, Switzerland
The Inkwell

Jane Lawrence, Colorado
The Visitor

Dionnne Irving, Rhode Island
Collage

Miroslav Penkov, Arkansas
Makedonija

Photography/Artwork

Gerry Mandel, Missouri
Eads Bridge 1&2
Eads Bridge 3&4
Lewis and Clark Sculpture
Eads in Winter

Poetry

Richard Sederstrom, Arizona
The Education of Bear
Down the Great River With Old Bones

David Radavich, Illinois
Rivers

John Cantey Knight, Louisiana
Cain’s Mark
Where I Write Poetry

Ron Collings, Wisconsin
For Honor

Norm Rourke, Oklahoma
Case xx Stockman

Lowell Jaeger, Montana
Cobwebs

Jeff D. Simpson, Oklahoma
Phosphorus

Reviews

Donna J. Essner reviews:
Savage, Sam. Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife. Coffee House Press, 2006. Paper, 148 pp. $14.95. Fiction

Tera Bock reviews:
Vera, Yvonne. Butterfly Burning. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2000. Paper, 151 pp. $13.00. Fiction

Anna-Marie Beard reviews:
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. Scholastic, 2000. Paper, 262 pp. $5.99. Fiction

Wade Christian reviews:
Griffiths, Niall. Stump. Graywolf Press, 2005. Paper, 206 pp. $15.00. Fiction

Marcia Herring reviews:
Flanagan, Erin. The Usual Mistakes. University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Cloth, 216 pp. $24.95. Fiction

Lindsey Chubboy reviews:
Barnes, Julian. The Lemon Table. Knopf, 2004. Cloth, 256 pp. $22.95. Fiction

Jason Brown reviews:
Hempel, Amy. The Dog of the Marriage. Scribner, 2005. Cloth, 160 pp. $20.00. Fiction