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Issue 61 Contributors

Prose: Di Starrenburg, Quintessa P. Knight, Bradley Bazzle, Cynthia Gunadi

Poetry: Alison Powell, Alix Anne Shaw, Alyssa Jewell, Art Zilleruelo, Cait Weiss, Caroline Chavatel, Chelsea Dingman, Cheswayo Mphanza, Clare Paniccia, Douglas S. Jones, Ed Bok Lee, Esteban Rodriguez, Gabriel Rubi, Jamaica Baldwin, John Mccarthy, Kara Dorris, Kevin Phan, Kristina Bicher, Lauren Michele Jackson, Lori Lamothe, Lori Wilson, Megan Fernandes, Rage Hezekiah, Rashaad Thomas, S. Marie LaFata-Clay, Sara Biggs Chaney, Skyler LaLone, Willy Palomo

Translation: Maggie Zebracka, Jennifer Kronovet/ Ming Di, Lucian Mattison

Art: Aimee Bungard, Dimitrios Ikonomou, N.S. David, Barbara Martin

Issue 60 Contributors

Prose: J.L. Torres, Raymond Luczak, Amy Long, Alexis Stratton

Poetry: Alison Rollins, Dexter Booth, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Justin Phillip-Reed, Danielle Mitchell, Rochelle Hurt, Leslie Sainz, Oscar Mancinas, Bo Schwabacher, Shireen Madon, Peter Murphy, Tanya Grae, Taylor Johnson, Sakinah Hofler, Soeun Seo, Yolanda Franklin, Taneum Bambrick, Canese Jarobe, Glenn Shaheen, Poorna Swami, Peter Covino, Charlie Bondhus, Alejandro Duarte, Kiki Petrosino

Translation: Kamil Bouska, Andrej Pazdirek, Gabriela Mistral, Velma Garcia-Gorena, Kate Berson, Li Qingzhao Ci, Wendy Chen, Shen Haobo, Yujing Liang, Amal Sewtohul, Namrata Poddar

Art: Gary Louis, Ben Miller, Dale Williams

Prose: Elizabeth McConaghy, Catherine Bell, Sean Campbell, Eric Schlich, Kelly Marages, Courtney Kersten

Poetry: David Greenspan, Daniel Biegelson, Christopher Citro, Julie Henson, Owen McLeod, Jayme Russell, Jim Redmond, Jenni B. Baker, Rachel Mennies, Don Hogle, Gary Soto, Leah Huizar, R. Harris

Translation: Naguib Mahfouz, Annie Weaver, Maram Al-Masri, Hélène Cardona, José Manuel Caballero, Carmen Morawski, Inna Kabysh, Katherine Young, Lyudmyla Khersonska, Jacek Dehnel, Karen Kovacik, Marius Burokas, Rimas Uzgiris

Art: Jennifer Powers, Dave Petraglia, Kelly Griffith (cover artist), Roger Camp

Prose: Kate Folk, Christopher Merkner, Erin Flanagan, Alexander Weinstein, Molly Tolsky, MR Sheffield

Poetry: Megan Snyder-Camp, Kaveh Akbar, Carol Potter, Brian Diamond, Emily Geminder, Ryo Yamaguchi, Ryan Bonner, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Jennifer Stewart Miller, James Ellenberger, Stewart Gonzales, Michael Lavers, Sarah Ann Winn, Sarah Janczak, Kathleen Heil, Brian Heston, Brian Ma, Ciara Shuttleworth, Boyd Edwards, Nancy Takacs, Katharine Rauk, Tara Isabel Zambrano

International: Kim Yi-deum, Jake Levine, Seo Eunso, Gemma Gorga, Sharon Dolin, zhu zhu, dong li, Lyuba Yakimchuk, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Rabindranath Tagore, Saquib Rahman, Rita Bullwinkel, Laura Cesarco Eglin, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Catherine Jagoe, Aloysius Bertrand, Linwood Rumney

Art: Judith Lang and Richard Lang, Hannah Dansie (Cover Artist), Jarod Roselló

Interview: Seth Fried

Cover Art
"Mirrors" by Seba Kurtis

Poetry
Brent Armendinger • Ross Losapio • Darin Ciccotelli • Oliver Bendorf • Jane Wong • Doug Ramspeck • Monica Berlin • Michael Marberry • Devon Branca • Ines Pujos • Ryan J. Browne • Beth Marzoni • David McLoghlin • Dave Nielsen • J. Jerome Cruz • BJ Soloy • Kevin Phan • Alex Chertok • Maggie Colvett

Fiction
Daniel Hornsby • John Picard • Dawna Kemper • Seth Fried • Roya Khatiblou • Mike Meginnis

Nonfiction
B. J. Hollars • J. D. Lewis

International selections
Vincenzo Cardarelli, translated by Martin Bennett • Rumena Buzarovska, translated by Will Firth • Kimberly Blaeser, translated by Margaret Noodin • Kim Myung Won, translated by EJ Koh • Suzanne Jacob, translated by J. T. Townley • Mary Lily Phinney, translated by Michael Wasson & Harold Crook • Igor Isakovski, translated by Will Firth

Art
Mariana Lerner • Alexander Apóstol • Judith Joy Ross • Alberto Goldenstein • Arturo Soto • Seba Kurtis • Peter Holzhauer

Cover Art
"Untitled 25" (detail 2) by Carlos Jiménez Cahua

Poetry
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers • Staci R. Schoenfeld • Brian Tierney • Michael C. Peterson • John James • Michael Bazzett • Sandy Longhorn • Grace Bauer • Matt Morton • Christopher Kempf • Ray McManus • Benjamin Goldberg • Brandon Amico • Leslie Morris • Angela Voras-Hills • Lisa Hiton • Trent Nutting • P. Ivan Young • Mary Ellen Ballard • Michelle Turner • C Dylan Bassett • Emma Sovich • Geffrey Davis • Montreux Rotholtz • Spencer Wise • Brianna Noll • Sandra Simonds

Fiction
Matthew Baker • Carol Guess & Kelly Magee • Michael Malan • Ruth Joffre • John Holliday • J. A. Tyler • Lucas Southworth

Nonfiction
Tim Keppel • Chelsea Biondolillo

International selections
Efraín Bartolomé, translated by Kevin Brown • Gonçalo M. Tavares, translated by Rhett McNeil • Patricio Pron, translated by Kathleen Heil • Yousef el Qedra, translated by Yasmin Snounu, Edward Morin & George Khoury • Kristín Eiríksdóttir, translated by Christopher Burawa • Kim Kyung Ju, translated by Jung Hi-Yeon & Jake Levine • Zakariya Amataya, translated by Cutter Streeby • Edmundo Paz Soldán, translated by Kirk Nesset • Maria Alekhina of Pussy Riot, translated by Anatoly Kudryavitsky.

AWP Intro Award
Kelsey Ronan (fiction) • Danielle Weeks (poetry)

Art
Carlos Jiménez Cahua (cover) • Scott Conarroe • Gabriela Vainsencher • Sasha Bezzubov & Jessica Sucher • Karolina Karlic • Chris Engman • Soledad Manrique

Interview
Gabriela Vainsencher

Cover Art
Horseback Through Car Window by Carolyn Drake

Poetry
Caitlin Bailey, Evan Beaty, Alice Bolin, Katy Chrisler, Todd Davis, Kwame Dawes, Dorian Geisler, Bradley Harrison, Suzanne Marie Hopcroft, Amorak Huey, Jill Khoury, L.S. Klatt, James Henry Knippen, Shara Lessley, Michel Lynch, Kyle McCord, John A. Nieves, Laura Read, Shane Seely, Laurie Sewall, Max Somers, Pireeni Sundaralingam, Alexandra Teague, Jon Thompson, Kara van de Graaf, Christopher Watkins

Fiction
Becky Hagenston, Susan L. Lin, David James Poissant, Zana Previti, Young Rader, Daniel Wessler Riordan, David Ryan, Aparna Sanyal, Lydia Ship

Nonfiction
Kate Russell

Photography
Roger Ballen, Caleb Charland, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman, Daniel W. Coburn, Carolyn Drake

International
Ana Luísa Amaral (translated by Margaret Jull Costa), Rubem Fonseca (translated by Colin Rorrison), David Leo García (translated by Mark C. Aldrich & Margaret Frolich), Teolinda Gersão (translated by Margaret Jull Costa), Antonio Machado (translated by Nicholas Friedman), Luna Miguel (translated by Jeremy Spencer), Luis García Montero (translated by Anna Rosen Guercio), Eider Rodriguez (translated by Nere Lete)

Cover Art

Caril Ann, Tear-Stained by Christian Patterson

Poetry

Justin Bendell, Monica Berlin, John Bonanni, Traci Brimhall, Inara Cedrins, Colleen Coyne, Caleb Curtiss, Denise Duhamel, Carrie Etter, Julie Funderburk, Crystal S. Gibbins, Sara Michas-Martin, Beth Marzoni, Janet McNally, Matthew Minicucci, Rosalie Moffett, Mangesh Naik, Kimberly O’Connor, Kasey Erin Phifer, Emilia Phillips, Liz Robbins, Brynn Saito, Purvi Shah, Sam Taylor, Corey Van Landingham, Marcus Wicker

Fiction

James Brubaker, Judith Edelman, Stephen G. Eoannou, Caitlin Horrocks, Leyna Krow, Kirsty Logan, Charles McLeod, Adam Peterson, Vincent Scarpa

Nonfiction

Silas Hansen, Toni Mirosevich

Photography

Olivia Arthur, Léonie Hampton, Michael Lundgren, Paula McCartney, Christian Patterson, Chad States

International

Mikhail Aizenberg (translated by J. Kates), Elena Alexieva, Kristin Dimitrova, Ferida Duraković (translated by Celia Hawkesworth), Miha Mazinni (translated by Gregor Timothy Čeh), Nichita Stănescu (translated by Sean Cotter),

AWP Intro Award Winners

Joe Aguilar, Matthew London

Issue 50 Contributors

Prose: Sarah Marshall, Tess Allard, Aurelia Wills, Adam McOmber, Victoria Lancelotta, Ashton Lynn Marie Goodman with Melissa Pritchard, Brandon Davis Jennings, Shavonne Clarke, Rolli, Matthew Vollmer, Michael Leone, Philip Tate, Joe Meno, Robert Leonard Reid, Liz Prato, Martha Andrews Donovan (Austumn E. Monsees, photographer)

Poetry: Diane LeBlanc, Melanie Jordan, Sarah Vap, Christopher Ankney, Elena Tomorowitz, Richie Hofmann, Emily Carr, Michael Martin Shea, Matthew Gavin Frank, Nick McRae, H.L. Spelman, David Troupes, Doug Ramspeck, Gregory Donovan, Danielle Shutt, Keith Montesano, James Harms, Carrie Shipers, Karen Biscopink, Claudia McQuistion, Kevin Powers, Bruce Bond, Nasir Sakandar, Stanley Plumly, Anne Barngrover, Rachael Lyon, Lea Marshall, Meg Thompson, Sara Gelston, Chanel Clarke, Myron Ernst, Mary Beth Ferda, Buddy Wakefield, Kerrin McCadden, Alex Lemon, Michael Mlekoday, Liz Ahl, Claudia Cortese, Mark Jarman

Translation: S.C. Delaney and Agnes Potier, Tony Duvert, Cynthia Hogue and Sylvain Gallais, Nicole Brossard, Jay Rubin, Haruki Murakami, Katerina Iliopoulou, Edward Smallfield and Vassilis Manoussakis, Baalu Girma, Eric Gottesman and Yawoinshet Masresha

Art: Anthony Goicolea, Hiroshi Watanabe, David Maisel, Simon Norfolk, Kris Sanford, Eric Gottesman

Interview: Holly Hall

Writer Artifacts: Aimee Bender, Elizabeth Graver, Ilya Kaminsky, Jim Shepard, H.E. Francis, Michael Martone, Susann Cokal, Stanley Plumly, G.C. Waldrep

Cover Art

Tiana. From “A New Kind of Beauty” by Phillip Toledano

Fiction

Sean Adams, Maggie Ruth Anderson, Susann Cokal, H.E. Francis, Mindy Friddle, Lauren Foss Goodman, Hiba Krisht, Zana Previti

Poetry

Tory Adkisson, Emily August, Jasmine V. Bailey, Joe Betz, Malachi Black, Christopher Burawa, Caroline Cahill, Norman Dubie, David Ebenbach, Phil Estes, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Natalie Giarratano, Heather June Gibbons, Anna Claire Hodge, Saeed Jones, Lisa Kang, Marianne Kunkel, Christopher Lirette, Patricia Lockwood, Taylor Mali, Clay Matthews, John A. Nieves, Darlene Pagan, John Repp, Corinna Rosendahl, Maggie Smith, Nick Sturm, Lesley Wheeler, Johnathon Williams

Essay

Sandra Allen

International

Amal al-Jubouri (translated by Rebecca Gayle Howell and Husam Qaisi), Jacek Gutorow (translated by Piotr Florczyk), Vladimir Kozlov (translated by Andrea Gregovich), Lan Lan (translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain), Paulius Norvila (translated by Rimis Uzgiris), C.F. Ramuz (translated by Michelle-Bailat-Jones), Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones), Eugenia Toledo (translated by Carolyne Wright), Jan Wagner (translated by Chenxin Jiang)

Interview

Michael Martone (interviewed by Matthew Baker), G.C. Waldrep (interviewed by Sean Patrick Hill)

Art

Robin Schwartz, Sage Sohier, Phillip Toledano

Cover Art

Snow Day by Julie Blackmon

Fiction

Alan Stewart Carl, Natalia Cortes Chaffin, Tamar Jacobs, Adam Johnson, Anthony Varallo, M.X. Wang, Nicholas White

Poetry

Jenna Bazzell, Josh Booton, Elizabeth Breese, Sue Burton, Darin Ciccotelli, Christina Cook, T. Zachary Cotler, Liz Countryman, Carol Davis, Trish Dugger, Stephanie Ford, Russ Franklin, Eddie Gonzalez Jr., Luke Johnson, Anna Journey, Josh Kalscheur, Patricia Lockwood, Rhonda Lott, Greg Mahrer, Siwar Masannat, Lo Kwa Mei-en, Michael Meyerhofer, Rebekah Remington, Kate Sweeney, Chuck Tripi, Mimi Vaquer, Jody Zorgdrager

International

Amang (translated by Steven Bradbury), Vahe Arsen (translated by Diana Der-Hovanessian), Steinar Bragi (translated by Salka Gudmundsdottir), Cheran (translated by Lakshmi Holmström), Dorothea Rosa Herliany (translated by Harry Aveling)

Interview

Adam Johnson (interviewed by Noah Tucker), Benjamin Percy (interviewed by Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum)

Art

Julie Blackmon, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Michal Chelbin, Claudine Doury, Rena Effendi, Jocelyn Lee, Ellen Rennard, Hellen van Meene, Susan Worsham

Cover Art

"Cage, 1999" by Elijah Gowin

Fiction

Robin Kish, Matthew Cricchio, Kevin McIlvoy, Antonia Garza

Poetry

Peggy Shumaker, William E. Dudley, Jennifer Tonge, Chris Abani, Stephanie Harrison, Jorn Ake, Katerina Ettlerová, Michael McGriff, Britta Ameel, Alberto Ríos, David Lee, Jane Ellen Glasser, Jane Springer

International

Hoàng Hung, Christopher Burawa, Jóhann Hjálmarsson

Art

Jennifer Drucker, Elijah Gowin, Michael J. Marshall, Linda Pearson

Interview

Charles Baxter (interviewed by W. Todd Kaneko, Soren G. Palmer, Lena Bertone Rosenfield)

Cover Art

"Progression of Color and Light at Sunset" by James Turrell

Fiction

Drew Perry, Forrest Ashby, Robin Hemley, Tracy Winn, Barbara Nelson, J. Erin Sweeney

Poetry

Matthew Heil, David J. Daniels, Kevin Stein, Chase Twichell, Sommer Browning, David St. John, Mike Lowe, Daneen Wardrop, Natalie Lyalin, Maureen Seaton, Lauren Goodwin, Brian Hayler, Linda Jenkins, Frank Paino, Jonathan Wells, Cody Walker, C.F. Kimball, Becka Mara McKay, Mike Dockins, C.D. Wright, Matt Shears

Interviews

David St. John (interviewed by Christoper Burawa), James Turrell (interviewed by Valerie Vadala Homer), C.D. Wright (interviewed by Charles Jensen & Sarah Vap)

International

Lidija Dimkovska (translated by Ljubica Arsovska & Margaret Reid), Liliana Ursu (translated by Sean Cotter)

Art

Florian Holzherr, James Turrell

Cover Art

"The Butterflies Constantine" by Joe Sorren

Fiction

Gretchen Comba, George McCormick, Kevin Grauke

Poetry

Jennifer Currin, Jonathan Hartt, Alison Stine, Shirley Stephenson, Richard Jackson, Sara Hurley, Joshua Beckman, Tomaz Salamun, Kathleen Flenniken, Lisa Roullard, Richard Garcia, Cynthia Hogue, Jenn Keller, Chad Woody, Kirun Kapur, Jennifer Willoughby, Lori Davis, Roy Jacobstein, Norman Dubie, Agne Zagrakalyte, Jurgila Butkyte, Martin Ott

Essay

Paul Crenshaw

Interviews

Brett Lott (interviewed by Kyla Foutch, Josie Milliken & Elizabeth Weld), Stan Lee (interviewed by Hershman R. John)

Art

Enrique Chagoya, Phillip C. Curtis, M. DuBose, Deborah Whitehouse, Kate Breakey, Carrie Mae Weems, Doug & Mike Starn, Brandon Huigens

Cover Art

"Dark Angel Delight" by Reiko Imoto

Fiction

Julie Hensley, Michael Guerra, Michael Davis, Matthew Hobson

Poetry

David Wojahn, Douglas Blazek, Oliver Rice, W.T. Pfefferle, Albert Goldbarth, Patrick Oh, Chris Forhan, Laura Weaver, Jill Osier, Ryan Williams, Edgar Silex, Kimberly Burwick, Christof Scheele, Steven Rood, Paul Guest

Interviews

Michael Cunningham (interviewed by Kate Petersen), David Wojahn (interviewed by Matthew Jolly)

Special Section: Sublimation

Eric Pankey, Emily Matyas, Heidi Czerwiec Blitch, Jan Lee Ande, Ander Monson, Anderson Wrangle, Anthony Tognazzini, Tom Whalen, Jim Elledge, Miles Waggener, Reiko Imoto, Robert Krul, Steve Langan, Amanda Yskamp, Anne Shaw

Cover Art

"Cracked Windshield, 2001" by Christian Widmer

Fiction

Christian Michener, Tricia Yost, Alison Umminger, George Rabasa, Ron Carlson

Nonfiction

Daniela Gioseffi, Ira Sukrungruang, Alana Brussin

Poetry

Laura Didyk, Sylvia Legris, Jason Labbe, Kris Christensen, Claudia Keelan, Norman Dubie, James Grinwis, Laura Johnson, Patricia Goedicke, Jonathan Johnson, Tim Earley, Ronald Wallace, Marlys West, Frank A. Montesonti, Joel Brouwer, Mark Yakich, Matthew Byrne,

Art

Todd Jokl, Christian Widmer, Karen Bucher, Kathleen Robbins, Dana Fritz

Special Section: Flash Fiction

Christopher Chambers, Steve Price, Lex Williford, Steve Heller, Michael Martone

Cover Art

"Electromagnetism" by Jan Dove

Fiction

Mat Coffey, Joe Taylor, Lynda C. Olman

Poetry

Gary Soto, Belle Waring, Timothy Houghton, Rob Content, Jeannine Savard, Erika Mailman, Robert McKay, Michael Finley, James Wyshynski, D.J. Smith, Susan Luzzaro, April Ossmann, Maureen Micus Crisick, Aliza Einhorn, Neil Shepard, David Keplinger, Jean Valentine

Art

Mahara Sinclaire, Rod Laursen, AnnMarie Adonyi, Charles Schmalz, Clint Brown, Maria Therese Downey, Jan Dove, Barbara Milman

Interviews

T. Coraghessan Boyle (interviewed by David Appell), Gary Soto (interviewed by Patricia Murphy)

Cover Art

"Other Spaces-Chaos, 1994" by Misako Akimoto

Fiction

Valerie Jeremijenko, Kevin Phelan and Bill U'Ren, Kristin Scott, Eric Chilton, Natalia Rachel Singer

Poetry

Charles Freeland, Gary Short, George Kalamaras, Dianna Henning, Max Westler, Jonathan Johnson, Stephen Gibson, Lee Upton, Jeff Hardin, David Prisk, Rick Bursky, Sascha Feinstein, Judith Nichols, Kevin McIlvoy, Jennifer Moss, Gary Thompson, L. E. Bryan, Lisa Fishman, Rick Hill, Elinor Benedict, Ellin Carter

Art

Flicka McGurrin, Misako Akimoto, Nicolette Ausschnitt, Tara Mackintosh, Gerald Thorp

Interview

Marvin Bell (interviewed by Erika Lenz and Jonathan Schouten)

Cover Art

"Dining Series #5, 1987" by Martha E. Branner

Fiction

James English, David Staudt, A.D. Ross, Lupe Solis Jr., Tim Winton

Poetry

Ion Mircea, Jay Ladin, Brian C. Avery, Christopher Sindt, Jay Griswold, Kevin Bowen, Yusef Komunyakaa, Talvikki Ansel, Jennifer Call, Margaret Almon, James Harms, Christine Hume, G. Travis Regier, Geoffrey Nutter, David Rivard, Luke Trent, Khaled Mattawa

Art

Andrea Zuill, Chris Kidd, Janice Wong, Richard A. White, Vicki Sherrill, Howard Steinberg, Carole C. Quam

Interview

Alison Hawthorne Deming (interviewed by Ruth Ellen Kocher)

Essay/Review

Rick Madigan

Cover Art

"Net, 1993" by Clare Verstegen

Fiction

Dorian Gossy, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Kathleen de Azevedo, Dalia Pagani-Liddiard

Poetry

Steven Sherrill, Kirsten Smith, Kathleen Lignell, Ralph Sneeden, J.D. Scrimgeour, Lia Purpura, Simon Perchik, Brad Richard, Don Boes, Scott Owens, Leilani Wright, Mannette Ansay, Rob Content, Tawni Toth, Jane Satterfield, Micheal Bowden, Deirdre O' Connor, Bonny Barry Sanders, B.Z. Niditch, Dana Curtis, Margaret Robison

Art

Andrea Zuill, Martina M. Shenal, Clare Verstegen

Essay

Melissa Pritchard, Luis Alberto Urrea

Interviews

Clare Verstegen (interviewed by Elizabeth McNeil and Marilyn Benedict), Lynn Emanuel (interviewed by Tracy Trefethen and Kelleen Zubick)

Cover Art

"(After Degas), Detroit 1985 and Ray Metzger, Upstate New York, 1978" by Dave Heath

Fiction

Brenda Coultas, M.S. Willis, Charles Wyatt, Christopher Danowski, Daniel Stern

Poetry

Jean Valentine, Jay Schneiders, Geraldine Connolly, Judita Vaiciunaite
(translated by Stuart Freibert), Viktoria Skrupskelis, Miriam Sagan, Katherine Sullivan, Joan Logghe, Mary Gannon

Essay

William Kittredge, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rudolfo Anaya, Judith Oritz Cofer

Art

Allen Ginsberg, Dave Heath

Interview

Ken Kesey (interviewed by Judith Clayton Van)

Cover Art

"My mother posing for me, Palm Springs, California, 1984" by Larry Sultan

Fiction

Chuck Rosenthal, Gary Fincke, Tara Masih, Richard Ploetz, Laura Ellen Scott, Susan Benjamin

Poetry

Joy Harjo, Peggy Shumaker, Sara Harrell, David St. John, Maura Stanton, Charles Casey Martin, Cynthia Hogue, Christopher Davis, Diane Kirsten-Martin, Quinton Duval, Sharon Bryan, Diane Glancy

Art

Jim Stone, Jim Goldberg, David Fisk, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Michael Spano

Interview

Joy Harjo (interviewed by Sharyn Stever)

Cover Art

"La Bete (The Beast), 1989" by Joel-Peter Witkin

Fiction

T. M. McNally, Nick Spruance, Alison Baker, Stephen Dunning

Poetry

Ai, Tom Sexton, Anne Carroll Fowler, Morrie Warshawski, Lisa Shannon, Nancy Johnson, Fran Adler, David Lee, Stephen Joseph Jackson, Naomi Clark, Sharon Olinka, Douglas Myers, Robert Ward, Denise Lichtig, John Bradley, Gerald Barrax, Peggy Shumaker

Art

Shomei Tomatsu, Joel-Peter Witkin, Gwen Akin, Allan Ludwig

Essay

Rick Bass

Interview

Ai (interviewed by Catherine French, Rebecca Ross and Gary Short)

Cover Art

"Self Image in Cochiti Lake, 1978" by Anne Noggle

Fiction

Bob Schacochis, Renee A. Ashley, Jeffrey Ford, Phillip McNally, Pauline Mortensen

Poetry

Richard Robbins, Frank Stewart, Quinton Duval, Naomi Wallace, Leigh Kirkland, Janice Dabney, Donnell Hunter, Rick Alley, Boyer Rickel, Amy Slaven, Brian Young, Sheila E. Murphy, Carole Stone, Paul Zarzski, Catherine Sasanov, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Ruth Schwartz, Dennis Schmitz, Raymond Carver

Art

Anne Noggle, Joanne Lynch, Robbie Steinbach, Elizabeth Layton, Martin Pearce, Stefan Krikl, Harry Wilson, Paul M. Romejko, Mark Klett, Kimberly Liedel

Essay

Dennis Schmitz

Interview

Richard Ford (interviewed by Catherine French and Gary Short)

Cover Art

"Samson and Delilah" by Christopher Pelley

Fiction

Gabby Hyman, Philip Gerard, Candace St. Jacques Miles, Bradley Henderson, Diane Nelson

Poetry

Stephen Dunn, Stefanie Marlis, Laurie Kirk, Ron McFarland, Norman Dubie, Catherine Marconi, Jim Barnes, John Anton Piller, Maura Stanton, Jerry Santek, Dennis Schmitz, Janet Holmes, Rene Guy Cadou (translated by Dorothy Neil Cohen)

Art

Sharon Ewing-Rash, Kay Emig, Debra Bolin, Chris Pichler

Interview

John Updike (interviewed by T. M. McNally and Dean Stover)

Cover Art

"Space Curtains" by Arthur Secunda

Fiction

S. Denys Pogue, Pauline Mortensen, Benjamin Goluboff, Thomas M. McNally, Ron Carlson, Tom Chiarella

Poetry

Michael Hogan, Richard Terrill, Peggy Shumaker, Edward C. Lynskey, Kathleen Atkins, Dennis Schmitz, Umberto Saba, Rolly Kent, Allan Peterson, Catherine Sasanov, Bruce Taylor, Paul Shuttleworth, Michael Carrino, Naomi Wallace, D. Nurkse, Joseph Edward Bolton, Peter Cooley, Gyorgy Raba, Walter McDonald, Jeannine Savard

Art

Robert Kipness, K.B. Hwang, Barry Thomson, Yasu Eguchi, Hilary Heyman

Interview

T. Coraghessan Boyle (interviewed by Rob Hall)

Cover Art

"Untitled" by John Kleber

Fiction

Cary Grossman, S.P. Stressman, Ron Hansen, Deanie Fotenot, Steve Beatty, Cynthia Frederick

Poetry

Robyn Zappala, Stuart C. Brown, Beckian Goldberg, Helga Kopperl, Paul Morris, Michael Gude, Dean Stover, Naomi Wallace, Kristen Catalano, William Olsen, Candace Greenburg, Arthur Stone, Norman Dubie, Brenda Hillman, James Cervantes, Leilani Jay, Rita Dove, Jeannine Savard, Peggy Shumaker

Interview

Joseph Heller (interviewed by Jay Boyer)