40th Anniversary Feature: THE HORSE ON THE POND
by JIM HILGARTNER BWR Genre Editor, Fiction, 1996-1997 Cutting cordwood on the ridge Where the wind sweeps snow From fallen leaves and bracken, I paused, and stood holding the saw. Blue mountains shone Distant in the blue air. And at my feet an old plow horse,...
40th Anniversary Feature: DAN KAPLAN
By DAN KAPLAN BWR Editor, Fiction, 2003-2004 What is that jingle again Who is roofer to the world. Re: Beethoven and the electric toothbrush: not true. Over the afternoon, masses disagree with heat. How easily it fits into any briefcase or purse. What we are...
40th Anniversary Feature: THE SHADOW ROOM
By B.J. HOLLARS BWR Genre Editor, Nonfiction, 2008-2009 From the interior of The Shadow Room, I watch his shadow fade. Though not yet two, Henry understand the intricate process: how we tuck ourselves into the darkened room in the children’s museum, slap a...