February 2012
Letter from the Editor
Matt Bell
FICTION
Not Every Encounter
Fidel Castro and Betty Boop
Lauren Wallach
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Settles at the Mouth of the Cuyahoga River
Nathan Leopold Explains the Ferris Wheel to Richard Loeb, Wolf Lake, 1924
Gil Scott-Heron Leaves a Voicemail for R. Kelly, February 3, 2002
Michael Czyzniejewski
Xenia, ----
Elizabeth Ellen
Viola Is Sitting on the Examination Table
James Tadd Adcox
EXCERPTS
Threats
Amelia Gray
Reverend America
Kris Saknussem
Pot Farm
Matthew Gavin Frank
POETRY
Willingly Implementing Instructions
Peter Faziani
Parallax Disguised As Endless Disappointment
Diurnal
Corey Van Landingham
Autobiography as Cartography
Autobiography as Cartography II
Sandy Longhorn
When will we speak of Jesus?
Kevin McIlvoy
NON-FICTION
Navel
Lucas Mann
CREATIVE AUDIO
Scratch Where It Itches
Joe Sacksteder
BOOK REVIEWS
Trophy by Michael Griffith
reviewed by Alexander Lumans
Accounted For by Jeannine Savard
reviewed by Philip Kobylarz
In the Absence of Predators by Vinnie Wilhelm
reviewed by Marco Kaye
Next Extinct Mammal by Ruben Quesada
reviewed by Tory Adkisson
Sister Stop Breathing by Chiara Barzini
reviewed by Brandon Hobson