Issue Eight

March 2010




LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Dear Reader
Matt Bell



FICTION


If Your Light Must Leave You
Amanda Goldblatt

Frontier Life
Kathryn Scanlan

Every Girl Looks Like She's Blushing and Postcards from Providence
Michael Stewart

The Woman We Imagine
Andrew Touhy



NOVEL EXCERPTS


An Unfinished Score
Elise Blackwell

Your Presence is Requested at Suvanto
Maile Chapman



POETRY


Venice During an Election Year in the U.S., Cathedral, and Rumor
Dilruba Ahmed

New York City as Temporal Measurement and "I want to pluck the chill from cold gardenias
Hossannah Asuncion

& Bees
Tommye Blount

Witch Hazel
Joan McMillan



NON-FICTION


The Ductile Body: A Bridge to Exit to Enter
Danielle Vogel



BOOK REVIEWS


Eden Springs, by Laura Kasischke 
Anna Clark

Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Alexsander Hemon
Adam Gallari

Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever, by Justin Taylor
Adam Gallari

The Way the Family Got Away: A Novel, by Michael Kimball
John Madera



CONTRIBUTORS' NOTES







Unless noted, all works copyright © the author 2010.