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Cover photo of Ed Wubbena by Chris Wubbena
Sculpture inset on cover: “winners and losers: in god they trust,” by Chris Wubbena
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Matthew Long
Big Muddy 9.2
Editor
Dr. Susan Swartwout
Assistant Editor
Donna J. Essner
Matthew Long
Publishing Interns
Tara Delaney
Taryn Heid
Clinton Borror
Kaleigh Blackwood
Danielle Schlosser
Karina Dewing
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Marcia Herring
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Contents
Poetry
Rane Arroyo, Ohio
Catfish Sundays
Walter Bargen, Missouri
Everything exists in its own imperfection
Kristin Berkey-Abbott, Florida
Thanks Giving
Durrant Delgado, Ohio
Lackland Air Force Base, Summer 2005
Paul Felsch, Missouri
Tornado
Carried Away
John Fitzpatrick, New York
The Hip
Barbara Freimuth, Missouri
Ambiance
John Grey, Rhode Island
Storm on the Mississippi
Elizabeth Harmon, Ohio
What You Want
Jennifer Long, Minnesota
Hunkake Etanhan Yuhapi
Angie Marci, Arkansas
After They Married
Seawall Boulevard
Mark Sanders, Texas
My Son, at Post, Camp Victory, Baghdad
The Poets
Jean-Mark Sens, Louisiana
Fifteen Year Cicadas
Robert Joe Stout, Mexico
Message to a Picture: My Mother in Her Show Biz Flapper Dress
Kelly Talbot, Indiana
Shaman
Lisa Vihos, Wisconsin
Huck Forever
Laura Madeline Wiseman, Nebraska
Dead Girl Brand II
Fiction
Ernest K. Allaire, Spain
Blues Fallin’ Down Like Hail
Carolyn Light Bell, Minnesota
Why I Fight With Bobbie But Not Billie
Phil Harvey, Maryland
Tomato Only
Jennifer Hotop, Missouri
Wedlock
Ronald Lands, Tennessee
Heart Sounds
Jessica Pitchford, Florida
The Soloist
Nonfiction
Aaron Gilbreath, Arizona
No Sidesaddled Pig
Lisa Knopp, Nebraska
Nauvoo, The Beautiful Place
Keith A. Sculle, Illinois
In Public View And Private Memory: Gobblers Knob Deer Park
Reviews
Serena Beam reviews:
Rathkamp, Josh. Some Nights No Cars At All. Ausable Press, 2007. Paper, 91 pp., $14.00
Airek Beauchamp reviews:
Siken, Richard. Crush. Yale University Press, 2005. Paper, 80 pp., $17.00.
Caitlin Brown reviews:
Goldbarth, Albert. To Be Read in 500 Years. Graywolf Press, 2009. Paper, 185 pp., $16.00.
Nicholas Cato reviews:
Crisler, Curtis L. Tough Boy Sonatas. Wordsong, 2007. Paper, 88 pp., $19.95.
Lauren Ditter reviews:
Courter, Justin. Skunk: A Love Story. Omnidawn, 2007. Paper, 352 pp., $14.95.
Donna J. Essner reviews:
Walker, Frank X. When Winter Come: The Ascension of York. University of Kentucky Press, 2008. Paper, 117 pp., $15.00.
Stryk, Dan. Solace of the Aging Mare. The Mid-America Press, 2008. Paper, 72 pp. $10.00.
Marcia Herring reviews:
Goytisolo, Juan. Juan the Landless. Dalkey Archive Press, 2010. Paper, 178 pp., $13.95.
Matthew Long reviews:
Mulvey, Bern. The Fat Sheep Everyone Wants. Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2008. Paper, 62 pp., $15.95.
Blake Perkins reviews:
Postel, Charles. The Populist Vision. Oxford University Press, 2007. Paper 397 pp., $22.95
Caleb Tankersley reviews:
Erdrich, Heid E. National Monuments. Michigan State University Press, 2008. Paper, 96 pps., $16.95.
Scott Welton reviews:
Lilley, Gary Copeland. Alpha Zulu. Ausable Press, 2008. Paper. 83 pp. $14.00.