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January 1997

 
  • Helen Vendler
  • Paul Breslin
  • Peter Cooley
  • Dennis O'Driscoll
  • Linda Pastan
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VENETIAN DOG

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FLIGHT TO LIMBO

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CUSTOMS

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Table of Contents

  • Charles Wright
    • VENETIAN DOG
    • IN THE KINGDOM OF THE PAST, THE BROWN-EYED MAN IS KING
  • John Updike
    • FLIGHT TO LIMBO
    • SUBTROPICAL NIGHT
    • ONE TOUGH KERATOSIS
    • VERO BEACH BIRTHDAY
    • VENETIAN CANDY
  • Dennis O'Driscoll
    • CUSTOMS
  • Gerald Stern
    • BOTH OF THEM WERE SIXTY-FIVE
    • THIS TIME
    • BIG ANNIE ROONEY
    • SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
    • VISITING MY OWN HOUSE IN IOWA CITY
    • ONE OF THE SMALLEST
  • Lisa Rosenberg
    • CANDLE LIGHTING
  • Philip Terman
    • ATTACHMENTS
    • THE HOUSE OF SAGES
  • Paul Breslin
    • THE RETURN
  • Peter Cooley
    • SESTINA
  • Philip Schultz
    • STORIES
Contents
  • Linda Pastan
    • The Invalid
  • Helen Vendler
    • Article About, by A. R. Ammons
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Paul Breslin
  • Peter Cooley
  • Dennis O'Driscoll
  • Linda Pastan
  • Lisa Rosenberg
  • Philip Schultz
  • Gerald Stern
  • Philip Terman
  • John Updike
  • Helen Vendler
  • Charles Wright
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