Winter 2011

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  He fell to the floor and begged the gods. The gods were silent.

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  Happiness is rare. There are no happy periods, only happy moments.

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  New cartoons from Rina Piccolo, Arnold Levin, Joe Dator, and more!

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  The first time we love, how tight we hang on to keep from drowning.

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  New cartoons from Mary Lawton, Joe Dator, Rina Piccolo, and more!

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  I wanted from my father what I had never wanted or sought: his advice.

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  Diane cupped my cheek in her hand, studying me, memorizing me.

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Narrative Taste

• Kate MosesChocolate Cake for Diane

Fall Contest Winners

• Heather Brittain BergstromReading Henry James in the Suburbs
• Alexander MaksikThe Barbarians
• Russell WorkingThe Vanishing

Fiction

• Nathaniel BellowsLiars
• Will BoastCoda
• Carol EdgarianAmazement
• Adrianne HarunThe New Arrival
• Anthony MarraThe Palace of the People
• Anthony MarraGranddaughters
• Mary MorrisStandards
• Joyce Carol OatesThe White Cat
• Peter OrnerThe Divorce
• Edgar Allan PoeThe Black Cat

Photography & Art

• Twister MarquissWyoming, Summer 2010
• Theodora ShureVietnam and Thailand

Classics

• Paul BowlesA Distant Episode
• William Carlos WilliamsThe Practice

Nonfiction

• John CaseyMentors in General,
  Peter Taylor in Particular
• Lynn FreedThe Romance of Elsewhere
• Gail GodwinThe Making of a Writer
• Debra HughesThe Tucson Shootings:
  Words and Deeds
• Tobias WolffReconsidering Paul Bowles

iStories

• Kay EldredgeMastering English

Narrative Outloud

• Various AuthorsSeven Deadly Sins
• Jennifer EganThe Gold Cure
• Dan GerberReading His Poetry
• Sue WilliamsPoised, Like Jellies

Readers' Narratives

• Adriana GradeaCluj-Napoca, Romania
• Megan KruseSnohomish County, Washington
• Corinna NicolaouAustin, Texas
• Shannon QuintyWashington, DC
• Andy RossCody’s Books,
  Berkeley, California

Cartoons

• Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2010-10
• Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2010-11
• Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2011-01

Features

• Various AuthorsBest Advice
• Lan Samantha ChangLetters to a Young Writer
• Richard JonesBest Advice

N30B Winners

• Kevin A. GonzálezCerromar
• Jacob PowersSafety

Poetry

• Patrice de La Tour du Pin
• Wendell Hawken
• Travis Nichols
• John Witte
• C. D. Wright

iPoems

• Olav H. HaugeDon’t Come to Me
  with the Entire Truth
• Shirley KaufmanArt
• Chase TwichellThe Soup
• Wang WeiUntitled

One-Act Plays

• Carol HallVacation

First & Second Looks

• John BergerAnd Our Faces, My Heart,
  Brief as Photos
• Charlotte BrontëVillette
• Ismail KadareChronicle in Stone
• Jim ShepardLove and Hydrogen:
  New and Selected Stories
• Stefan ZweigThe Post-Office Girl

Narrative By Hand

• Ed McClanahan