wintER 2010

Cover Photography, Front and Back Richard R. Sitler
Table of Contents	Page
Editor's Introduction by Ann Neelon	6
Silence and Dreams poem by Michael Campagnoli	8
The City poem by Michael Campagnoli	9
The Chosen poem by Michael Campagnoli	10
The Real Estate Renaissance memoir by Re'Lynn Hansen	12
Black Pansies poem by Karen Holmberg	24
Garnet, the Poor Man's Ruby poem by Karen Holmberg	28
Faces of a Tycoon story by Murzban F. Shroff	31
AM-FM poem by Doug Cox	42
Back Taxes poem by Doug Cox	44
Going for Broke: An Alphabet of (No) Money memoir by Lorri McDole	46
The Age of Generosity poem by Sarah Grieve	53
Juba story by Rion Amilcar Scott	54
Broken Clouds poem by Mercedes Lawry	67
Empathy poem by Mercedes Lawry	68
Parallel Living poem by Mercedes Lawry	69
A Primer poem by Mercedes Lawry	70
All the Baboons Had Gone Away poem by Mercedes Lawry	71
The Anarchist (from Jarina and Pavel) novel excerpt by Bev Jafek	72
Sangre Frio poem by Anthony Robbins	78
La Novia story by Lou Mathews	80
When Darkness Fell poem by Dan Stryk	85
Meditation At a Farmers Market Rousing on a Muggy Summer Morning poem by Dan Stryk	86
Voices Through the Walls poem by Dan Stryk	87
Robber's Hand poem by Dan Stryk	88
Sustainable Aid memoir by John Teschner	90
Royal Highlander Trailer Park poem by Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck	101
The Leisure Class poem by Robert Avery	102
Foreclosure poem by Christopher Ankney	104
The Best Peaches Came From an Old Black Woman Who Hated My Mother poem by Christopher Ankney	105
A Golden Noumenon poem by Sigman Byrd	106
Waiting for the Perseids poem by Sigman Byrd	108
Steps story by Andrey Dmitriev translation by Henry Whittlesey	110
Life and Work of Andrey Viktorovich Dmitriev	133
Ivan in Pitavino: Translator's Notes on Andrey Dmitriev and His Aesthetic by Henry Whittlesey	134
Visiting a Tlingit Oil Skimmer at the Peabody poem by Scott Woodham	138
Sweetest poem by Elizabeth Levitski	140
Book Reviews
Please by Jericho Brown reviewed by Will W. Miller	141
The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff reviewed by Amanda C. Grossman	143
The Big Beautiful by Pamela Duncan reviewed by Sara Pridmore	145
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard reviewed by Lacey Bard	147
Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir by Sue William Silverman reviewed by Rachel Rinehart Johnson	149
Contributors' Notes	151
Artist's Statement by Richard R. Sitler	154

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Winter 2010 Issue

EDITOR
Ann Neelon

ADVISORY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Squire Babcock
Dale Ray Phillips

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Jim Bryant

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
Jacque E. Day

MFA EDITORIAL BOARD
Lacey Bard
Amanda C. Grossman
Rachel Rinehart Johnson
Will W. Miller
Sara Pridmore

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Pamela Miller

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Tony Powell