Big Muddy 8.1

 

 

Cover Photos:

Front cover-picture courtesy of
Fred Lynch / Southeast Missourian

 


Cover Design:

Sharon Looney

Editor:

Dr. Susan Swartwout 

 

Assistant Editors:

Mandy Henley

Donna Essner

 

Publishing Interns:

Randi Wilson

Sharon Looney

Leah Wright

Stephen Dixon

Lindsey Chubboy

 

 

 


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Contents
 

Poetry


Frederick Davis, Washington

The Prescription

Introit

 

Richard Donnelly, Minnesota

The Day the Bridge Fell Down

 

George Drew, New York

The End of Lonely Street

 

Elizabeth Howard, Tennessee

Rattlesnake Tea

 

Lowell Jaeger, Montana

What to Do When Someone You Love Tells You to Go Take a Hike

 

John Cantey Knight, Louisiana

Speculation

 

A. Loudermilk, Maryland

The State in which I'm Wanted

Let Me Up

 

Christina Matthews, Georgia

Wristwatch

 

Kathleen M. McCann, Massachussetts

Holly

 

 Miranda Merklein, Mississippi

On Moving On

 

Marilyn Probe, Missouri

The Scent of Bergamot Matches the Orange of the Moon

 

Dennis Saleh, California

Die Frau Im Mond

 

Dick Stahl, Iowa

Turning a Performance

 

David Starkey, California

Hanging Out with Bosnians

 

Steven Tompkins, Colorado

This Day's Work

 

 

       

 

Reviews

Nonfiction

Rita Welty Bourke, Tennessee

Colley Creek

 

Kathryn Kerr, Illinois

Hawk's Cave

 

Carol J. Morrison, Washington

Cajun Country Grace

 

Lori A. Neuman-Lee, Iowa

One Day at Turtle Camp

 

 

 

Fiction


Gary Buslik, Illinois

The Power of Mastercard

 

Lori Rader Day, Illinois

Everyone is a Moon

 

Tom Eaton, Missouri

The Soldiers' Yard

 

Eric Freeze, Illinois

The Beet Farmer

 

 

 

 

Photography/Artwork


Susan Swartwout, Missouri

Irony 1

Irony 2

 

Fred Lynch, Missouri (courtesy Southeast Missourian)

Closing the Floodgate

 


Hill, H. Hamner reviews:

Majid, Anouar. A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. Hardcover, 280 pp. $24.95. Nonfiction.

 

Marcia Herring reviews:

Pratt, John H. Walking the Camino in an Age of Anxiety: The Search for the Medieval Pilgrim. BookSurge Publishing, 2007. Paper, 310 pp. $15.99. Nonfiction.

 

Marcia Herring reviews:

Hay, Jerry M. Rivers Revealed: Rediscovering America's Waterways. Quarry Books, 2007. Paper, 272 pp. $19.95. Nonfiction.

 

Barbara Jenkins reviews:

McKinley, James. Who Taught Me to Swim: New and Selected Stories. BkMk Press, 2007. Paper, 184 pp. $16.95. Fiction.

 

Matthew Turner reviews:

Troy, Mary. The Alibi Cafe and Other Stories. BkMk Press, 2003. Paper, 141 pp. $14.95. Fiction.

 

Jennifer Hotop reviews:

Oats, Joyce Carol. I Am No One You Know: Stories. Harper Perennial, 2005. Paper, 304 pp. $13.95. Fiction.

 

Kris Yesley reviews:

Boyle, T.C. Tooth and Claw: And Other Stories. Penguin, 2006. Paper, 304 pp. $15. Fiction

 

Karissa Scott reviews:

Sutherland, Robert D. The Farringford Cadenza. Pikestaff Press, 2007. Paper, 536 pp. $15.95. Fiction.

 

Marcia Herring reviews:

Kasischke, Laura. Lilies Without. Ausable Press, 2007. Paper, 80 pp. $14. Poetry.

 

Caleb Tankersley reviews:

Aster, Neil, ed.  Earth Shattering: Ecopoems. Bloodaxe Books, 2007. Paper, 224 pp. £9.99. Poetry.

 


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