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Big Muddy 8.1
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Contents
Poetry
Frederick Davis, Washington
The Prescription
Introit
Richard Donnelly, Minnesota
The Day the Bridge Fell Down
George Drew, New York
The End of Lonely Street
Elizabeth Howard, Tennessee
Rattlesnake Tea
Lowell Jaeger, Montana
What to Do When Someone You Love Tells You to Go Take a Hike
John Cantey Knight, Louisiana
Speculation
A. Loudermilk, Maryland
The State in which I’m Wanted
Let Me Up
Christina Matthews, Georgia
Wristwatch
Kathleen M. McCann, Massachussetts
Holly
Miranda Merklein, Mississippi
On Moving On
Marilyn Probe, Missouri
The Scent of Bergamot Matches the Orange of the Moon
Dennis Saleh, California
Die Frau Im Mond
Dick Stahl, Iowa
Turning a Performance
David Starkey, California
Hanging Out with Bosnians
Steven Tompkins, Colorado
This Day’s Work
Nonfiction
Rita Welty Bourke, Tennessee
Colley Creek
Kathryn Kerr, Illinois
Hawk’s Cave
Carol J. Morrison, Washington
Cajun Country Grace
Lori A. Neuman-Lee, Iowa
One Day at Turtle Camp
Fiction
Gary Buslik, Illinois
The Power of Mastercard
Lori Rader Day, Illinois
Everyone is a Moon
Tom Eaton, Missouri
The Soldiers’ Yard
Eric Freeze, Illinois
The Beet Farmer
Photography/Artwork
Susan Swartwout, Missouri
Irony 1
Irony 2
Fred Lynch, Missouri (courtesy Southeast Missourian)
Closing the Floodgate
Reviews
Hill, H. Hamner reviews:
Majid, Anouar. A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. Hardcover, 280 pp. $24.95. Nonfiction.
Marcia Herring reviews:
Pratt, John H. Walking the Camino in an Age of Anxiety: The Search for the Medieval Pilgrim. BookSurge Publishing, 2007. Paper, 310 pp. $15.99. Nonfiction.
Marcia Herring reviews:
Hay, Jerry M. Rivers Revealed: Rediscovering America’s Waterways. Quarry Books, 2007. Paper, 272 pp. $19.95. Nonfiction.
Barbara Jenkins reviews:
McKinley, James. Who Taught Me to Swim: New and Selected Stories. BkMk Press, 2007. Paper, 184 pp. $16.95. Fiction.
Matthew Turner reviews:
Troy, Mary. The Alibi Cafe and Other Stories. BkMk Press, 2003. Paper, 141 pp. $14.95. Fiction.
Jennifer Hotop reviews:
Oats, Joyce Carol. I Am No One You Know: Stories. Harper Perennial, 2005. Paper, 304 pp. $13.95. Fiction.
Kris Yesley reviews:
Boyle, T.C. Tooth and Claw: And Other Stories. Penguin, 2006. Paper, 304 pp. $15. Fiction
Karissa Scott reviews:
Sutherland, Robert D. The Farringford Cadenza. Pikestaff Press, 2007. Paper, 536 pp. $15.95. Fiction.
Marcia Herring reviews:
Kasischke, Laura. Lilies Without. Ausable Press, 2007. Paper, 80 pp. $14. Poetry.
Caleb Tankersley reviews:
Aster, Neil, ed. Earth Shattering: Ecopoems. Bloodaxe Books, 2007. Paper, 224 pp. £9.99. Poetry.