October 2013
Letter from the Editors
Matthew Olzmann & Gabriel Blackwell
FICTION
The Bird Lovers
Emily Toder
Life, After
Clark Knowles
One or Two Afternoons
Lincoln Michel
Dream House
Lucy Biederman
EXCERPTS
Ana Patova Crosses a Bridge
Renee Gladman
Understudies
Ravi Mangla
Growing Up Golem
Donna Minkowitz
POETRY
The Year in Punk
Russel Swensen
If You Feel Terrible
Things of Consequence
The Woodgrain Forest Reports
Rebecca Wadlinger
When the Mountains Rose Beneath Us, We Became the Valley
Mai Der Vang
[I may never understand why you purchased the bonnet]
Kyle McCord
NON-FICTION
You in the Navy, 1941
Gretchen VanWormer
BOOK REVIEWS
Fun Camp by Gabe Durham
reviewed by Brian Trapp
The Traps by Louise Mathias
reviewed by Caroline Goodwin
Spark by Courtney Elizabeth Mauk
reviewed by Jason Cook
Mira Corpora by Jeff Jackson
reviewed by Michael J. Solender