AQR - Vol. 14 – No. 3 & 4, Spring/Summer 1996
About the Cover
The Byron Glacier, located in southcentral Alaska’s Kenai Mountains, falls steeply off the north side of Carpathian Peak,producing a highly crevassed surface. Because of frequent avalanches and rock slides, the glacier’s retreat cannot be measured.
©1996 Richard J. Murphy
Table of Contents
Fiction
The Curse of the Scarred Mummy, Ben Brooks
Okay, A Cake Then, Jiri Kajane (translated from the Albanian by Kevin Phalen and Bill U’Ren)
A Simple Story, Marie Sheppard Williams
This is How Houdini Died, Tom Fleming
Flight, Tamara Skidmore
A Late Demonstration, Elisabeth Panttaja Brink
Nature, Erika Taylor
Albinos, Blake Maher
Eggs, Brennen Wysong
Sorrow, Michelle Fogus
Drama
Baby Hades: A play in one act, Brighde Mullins
Poetry
Guest Editor: Jane Hirshfield
Evening Bath, Ryan Iwanaga
The Woman Who Wrote Too Much, Kay Ryan
Apogee, Kay Ryan
Distance, Kay Ryan
Closely Watched Things, Kay Ryan
Day Near the End of May, Stefanie Marlis
A Night When Only Angels Interest Me, Laura Fargas
The Problem of Good, Laura Fargas
Translated Either as ‘Experience’ or ‘Suffering’, Laura Fargas
Zen, Stephen Berg
Earth, Stephen Berg
Death, Stephen Berg
“It’s Sunday, October Ninth”, Gary Young
Parnell and the English Woman, Sandra Hoben
Transmigration, Sarah Randolph
City Snow, Donald Platt
Fisherman, Kathy Evans
A Poem of Her Own, Roberta Spear
A Small Warm Day, Barbara Hendryson
West End of Dallas, Benjamin Scott Grossberg
Turning the Lamb, Walter Pavlich
Flying Montana, Walter Pavlich
“Lifting Your Head”, Yosano Akiko
Closer, Reginald Shepherd
The Order of the Day, Thomas Centolella
Powers, Thomas Centolella
Marriage, Jenny Mitchell
From The Monarchs, Alison Hawthorne Deming
The Newborn, Linda Pastan
Red Fox, Linda Pastan
Death Comes to Me Again, A Girl, Dorianne Laux
How It will Happen, When, Dorianne Laux
My Name, Robert Wrigley
Delivery, Frank Huyler
Eating Bread and Honey (Service with Benediction), Pattiann Rogers