Contents

Editor's Farewell Note

Poetry
Brenda CoultasA Book
Allen GrossmanThe Grand Caprice
Lacy L. SchutzThe Associative Logic of Sex
Ray DiPalmaTwo Poems
Katy LedererTwo Poems
Ben DoyleThe Canary Islands
Jaime Saenzfrom To Cross This Distance
Claire MalrouxFor the Use of the Absent
Jonathan VanBallenbergheUntitled
Eleni SikelianosFive Poems
James GalvinThree Poems
Rae ArmantroutThree Poems
Brian YoungTwo Poems
Belinda Kremerassassins a dream
Eben WoodTwo Poems
Miranda FieldTwo Poems
Alice Rose GeorgeEnd of Play
Melanie BogueTwo Poems
Hilary PlattnerRabbit Sonnet
Rachel ZuckerTrying to Reassure You (7 Weeks)
Iris Jamahl JohnsonTwo Poems
Karen VolkmanUntitled
Robyn SchiffDevil Finch
Corey MeadTwo Poems
Monica YounThree Poems
Ross MartinAlone in Our Place
Fanny HoweUnday at Glenstal Abbey
Sophie Cabot BlackThe Hunt
Amy WoolardThe Wallflower
Daniel KaneTwo Poems
Christine Deavelfrom Woodnote
Rick MoodyCan't Stand Being Submerged
Jean ValentineTwo Poems

Fiction
Chris OffuttBooth 13
Paula Foxfrom Poor George
Andy MozinaThe Love Letter
Ben Marcus

A Message from the Father of Fathers
Non-Fiction
David KelloggThe Self in the Poetic Field

Claudia RankineA Call for Response:
Symposium on Subjectivity and Style
Mark Doty
Leslie Scalapino
Juliana Spahr
Jeffrey Jullich
Standard Schaefer
Marie Howe
Ronaldo Wilson
Karen Volkman
Tony Hoagland
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Nick Flynn
Annie Finch
Monica Youn
Eileen Myles

Libretti
Anne Carsonfrom Decreation: An Opera in Three Parts
Pamela Zoline

The Forbidden Experiment
Visual Art
Ellen SharpCentipede Girl: A Korean Folk Tale
Kim AnnoDecreation: a collaboration with Anne Carson
Last Cherries
Reaping the Void
Slipping
Reading List