9.1 | FALL 1982

MASTHEAD

EDITOR: Dev Hathaway                              PRODUCTION MANAGER: Stanley Porter

BUSINESS MANAGER: Peter Huggins       OFFICE MANAGER: Alyce G. O’Sullivan

FICTION EDITOR: Rick Shelton                  POETRY EDITOR: Elizabeth Thomas

EDITORIAL STAFF: Michael Alley, Ron Carroll, Jim Davis, Jon Hershey, Mitch McClure, Hugh McCombs, John Morrison, Terri Richburg, Sandra Sprayberry, Martha Wickelhaus

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Diane Ridley, Rachel Ward

COPY EDITOR: Susan Jones

STAFF ARTIST: Tony Carter

FICTION

Mark Costello: The Anta Santa

George Garrett: from Elizabeth & James

Eugene K. Garber: The Casita

Jack Matthews: The Two of Them Together

POETRY

Angela Ball: The Courtyard

Linda Bierds: Zuni Potter: Drawing the Heartline  |  Fur Traders Descending the Missouri: 1845

Christopher Buckley: Insomnia  |  Prayer 

Daniel Mark Epstein: Schoolhouses

Richard Jackson: However You Say It Is

Yusef Komunyakaa: Black String of Days  |  Charmed  |  Audacity

Greg Kuzma: The Birds

Susan Ludvigson: Cleopatra

Irene McKinney: Deep Mining  |  Little Boats

Stefanie Marlis: The Same Light

Cleopatra Mathis: August Birthday  |  Louisiana Snow

Paul Nelson: Frozen In  |  Confluences

Michael Pettit: Self Portrait Approaching Promontory, Utah

Dave Smith: No Return Address

Richard Terrill: A Cafe Terrace at Night

Chase Twichell: The Hotel du Nord

FEATURE

National Poetry Series Winners

Reviews

Jonathan Holden  |  Vern Rutsala

ART

Susan Blue Hendrie: from a mural in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (cover)