Wind at Sunrise Renee Lanik 11 Red Lights in the Morning Deborah T. McGinn 14 My Thunderbird Fran Higgins 15 Driving Highway 6 Shelly Clark 22 Sweet Corn Shelly Clark 27 Wayne County Mitchell Ahlschwede 23 Ingrained Lucy Adkins 33 Migration Lucy Adkins 53 Jeff's Widow Kathleen Timperley 35 Canned Tomatoes Kathleen Timperley 36 A Farm Sale at Dusk Kathleen Timperley 56 Geometry Problem Becky Faber 41 AIDS in Nebraska J. Eileen Durgin-Clinchard 42 Sweat Marilyn Dorf 44 Catechumen Kelly Madigan Erlandson 46 Origins Kelly Madigan Erlandson 58 When I Ride Carole Barnes-Montgomery 55 Moon Dreams, Shaman Vissions Roy Reichle 57 Nemaha County Nocturne Amy Fleury 59
PROSE
Married to Blonde in Omaha Steven Wingate 12 A Park in Perspective: The Story of Henry E. Pressey Curt McDermott 17 A Trip to the Grocery Store Jan Chism Wright 20 [Excerpt from] Picture, Memory Scott Peterson 25 [Excerpt from] Something Beautiful Scott Peterson 30 Jade's Daisies Nicole Church 38 Baptizing Cats Deb Carpenter 45 Raptured Bonnie Crumly-Fastring 47
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Volume IV, 2002
Edited by Margie Rine
INTRODUCTION 3
INTERVIEW Interview with Jonis Agee by Genevieve Critel 5
PHOTOGRAPHY
Shelley Fuller, Cover Amador Garrés 4 Sara Fuller 5, 18, 29, 40 Michelle Bishop 10 Heather Glemboski 14 Lori Armiger 16 Dave Read 18 Clint McMillen 46 Susan Murnan 56 Stacey L. Eggers 60 Crystal Corman 61
POETRY
Funeral for a Farmer's Wife Lucy Adkins 7 Butchering Lucy Adkins 7 Milking Lucy Adkins 8 Re-entry Sara Adkisson 9 Sonnet for I20 South Sara Adkisson 9 Grandmonther's Prairie Stories Ruth Armstrong 10 Sunday ... cutting wood Carole Barnes-Montgomery 11 Cowbosy Carole Barnes-Montgomery 12 Sundays Melissa Beery 13 Feeding the Town Chickens Melissa Beery 13 The Band Plays On Dale S. Biggs 15 Salvage the Heart, Mend the Mind Mary Ann Bowman 17 Friday Night at the Singles Dance Ardiss Cederholm 21 The Price Ardiss Cederholm 21 Pet Bulls Jan Chism Wright 22 The Whole Childe Nicole Church 23 Letter from a Soddy Marilyn Dorf 24 A Wednesday in Summer Tigerlily Ernst 25 Road Trip Tigerlily Ernst 25 We Walked Danielle Friesen-Bethune 26 We are on Nine-Mile Prairie When Twyla Hansen 27 Deer at Dusk Twyla Hansen 28 Free Cheese William Kloefkorn 30 Sergaent Patrick Gass, Chief Carpenter: On the Trail with Lewis and Clark William Kloefkorn 30 Palmyra Renee Lanik 33 Chicken for Sundays Renee Lanik 34 Aunt Tessie's Apron Strings Ann Matzke 38 Shelling Peas Sandra McBride 39 Shaped Like War Deborah T. McGinn 42 Driving across Nebraska in the Time between Darkness and Dawn Scott Peterson 42 Traveling in a Funeral Procession on Highway 2 to Prudum June Rainbow 46 707 Florence Boulevard Jim Reese 47 Strike on the Stoop Jim Reese 47 Afternoon Chores Jim Reese 48 Spring Creek Prairie Dee Ritter 49 Sometimes I Stray Off Deliberately Marjorie Saiser 51 Wind Lies Down Marjorie Saiser 51 Adios, Goodby Marjorie Saiser 61 1:30 am Michael Salas 52 The Bookmobile Mary K. Stillwell 55 The Red Barn Mary K. Stillwell 55 Off the Map in Nebraska Beth Torgerson 57 Legacy of Images Deb Walz 59 Lineage Deb Walz 59 shithole Steve Werkmeister 60
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The Dance of Opposites Jon Brt 19 Bangboard Marilyn Dorf 24 Estate Sale, Palm Sunday, Lincoln, NE Karen Head 29 Equinox Kelly Madigan Erlandson 35 The Miracle Tree S. Scott Massin 37 Young Man Brendan McGinn 41 Tree Tales LoRee Peery 43 Long Drive Home Cara Pesek 44 Grandma's Diaries Dee Ritter 50 A Little Nebraska Sara Smith 53
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Volume III, 2001
Six Poems William Kloefkorn 1 Circumference Margie Rine 8 Journey Home Sarah Hector 14 Birth Place Willa Bitney 15 Snow Day Ellen Pillar 16 American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Show Amy J. Ryan 18 First Flight Nathan McConnell 23 Growing up Playing Cowboys and Indians Pate Pike 28 At the Edge of Town Gladys Haunton 30 Request Mary Ann Bowman 33 Summer of '68 Deb Walz 35 Iron Threads David Oschner 36 End of an Era Gary Renzelman 46 All There Is, Is Paper Lois Bauer 47 In David City Park Nancy McCleery 62 #1 Gerald Giraud 63 To the Sower Yi Zhang 64 Star of the New Moon LoRee Peery 67 Matress Melissa Beery 71 Staying Put Jon Brt 73 Three Miles West of Russell, Nebraska Ardiss Cederholm 77 The Longing Chase Smith 78 Never Realy Leave Christopher Hammack 82 A Poem Written While Driving Through Nebraska and Iowa Dane Stickney 89 In the Nebraska State Department of Roads We Trest Dale Biggs 91 The Great Deeds of G.W.N. Matt Callicoat 93 Sandoz and Cather: Are Jules and Alexandra Really So Different? Barbara Sawatzki 96
Special Forum: Nebraska Constitutional Amendment 416 and GLBT Issues in Nebraska: A Lesbian's Response to Initiative 416 Kris Gandara 108 Lacks Signs of Intelligent Life Genevieve Critel 109 It Wasn't You Kris Gandara 110 Collected Scenes Where Every Frame is Filled with Hair Michael Richman 113 In Defense of What? Jewlya Lynn 122
Disintegration Chad Weidner 130 A Non-tradional Student Neil Boring 131 My College Life Tanishia Butler 134 The Day the Huskers Died Mary Iltzsch 135 Of You The McNeelees 136 Sketch at the Mill Peter Storonsky 137 The Mill Deborah T. McGinn Girl Talk Nancy McCleery 139 My People Zeljka Pavjasevic 140 Where We Begin Gretchen Bergen 141 The True Seasons of Farming Laurence E. Ackland 149 Farm Trucks and Old Men Lucy Adkins 152 Farm Girl Danielle Friesen-Bethune 153 Installation of Personality Amy Hock 154 The Night of the Storm Aaron Stutzman 159 The Day After Charlene Neely 162 Harvest Time on the Farm Jeff Fritz 164 The Farm Carole Barnes Montgomery 168 Grandma's House Deb Walz 169 Father Marjorie Saiser 170 Weathered Wood David Hartman 172 Eulogy Luke Bonkiewicz 173 Leave Only Your Footprints Adam Brosz 181 Settling for Less than Less Rex Walton 190 Siege Lawrence E. Ackland 191 Five Details of Fall David Hartman 192 November Renee Lanik 193 Reflections in a Nebraska Field Mel Krutz 194
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Volume II, 2000
O Pioneers! An Opera Based on the Novel By Willa Cather Tyler White 1 Frost in the Morning Dorothy Thomas 4 Anna in the Swing Marjorie Saiser 7 A House in the Country Dee Ritter 10 Going Home Brent Warren 14 The Thing We Did Renee Lanik 20 My Grandfather's Legacy Rebecca Weaver 21 Carrying Leroy Kelly Madigan Erlandson 24 A Question of Possession Tony Cacioppo 25 The Top of the Hill Mary An Bowman 26 Ever So Humble Dale S. Biggs 39 Lloyd Grasinger Revisited Bryan Jones 40 Buffalo Dreams Tigerlily Ernst 43 American Dreams Rebecca Weaver 45 Photo: Lincoln City Scape Susan Kiene 47 Tillie Olsen: Writing about and from Working Class Motherhood Gretchen Obrist 48 Women in Nebraska Politics Mary Schulte 58 Living Over the Store Ruth Raymond Thone 61 Blood Sisters Renee Lanik 64 Me and My Soapbox Amanda Fechner 66 Poem About My People Kris Gandara 68 The Haircut Lois Schaefer Bauer 69 A Questions of Mercy Luan Pitsch 81 The Preacher's Son Susanne Sarah Novak 93 The Meaning of Christmas Jessica Intermill 102 Evolution Revolution: How Nebraska Authors are Taking Control of the Evolution Debate Amanda Schindler 106 Fligloudli The McNeelees 113 Wintry Awakening Ellen Pillar 114 Lost Boots Kimberly Sallans 116 Daddy's Spur Lew Kaye-Skinner 124 Backstage Pass -- Interviewing Mustang Dick Jim Reese 134 The Catch Jim Reese 135 Seedless Cones Bobby Peru 136 Mice Cara Pesek 139 Mice in the House Lucy Adkins 146 A Morning of Writing Virginia Wright-Peterson 147 Road South Scott Abels 149 In the Car Mary Johnson 150 Howard Takes a Bath Bryan Jones 154 The Sarben Bridge Charlotte Hogg 158 My Favorite Place Lindsay Richardson 163 The Mailbox at the Top of the World Jan Chism Wright 164 Nebraska Sand Mary Andersen 166 A Cathedral is the Plains Mel Krutz 167 Photo: Nebraska Barn Susan Kiene 168 Still-Life With Barn Charlene Neely 169 Don't "Red" On Me Dale S. Biggs 171 Black Shirt Tom Pappas 172 Big Red Mania Brandee Illingworth 174 The Skybox Takeovers, or How I Learned to Stop Worry and Love the Tuskers Debra L. Devonshire 176 A Nebraska Indirective Steve Langan 181 The A.M. Radio Danielle Friesen-Bethune 183 Spots on my Silverware: Poem & Photo Danielle Friesen-Bethune 184 The Barada Hills of Nebraska Jan Chism Wright 186 A Day at the Duck Races Kate Flaherty 187 Euchre At Two Jim Reese 193 Mary Howard's Grocery Jan Chism Wright 194 The Pioneer Inn of Gilead Luella Corliss Sphon 196 Making Tomato Soup Jason Miller 197 A Child Mary Jackson 199 Springtime Comes to Laron's Place Lucy Adkins 200 An Altar for the Rain Jason Miller 201 Season in Nebraska Melissa Mecham 202 Nebraska Haiku Kathy Disney 203 Climbing Lucy Adkins 204 In Season Blake Anderson 205 October Renee Lanik 206 Family Tree Lindsay Siem 207 The Night the Lights Went Out Pat Pike 216 The Year We Gave Stories Mary Jackson 217 Nebraska From Every Angle but Above Graham Lindsey Skaluba 223 Willa Cather and the Art of Human Experience: The Power of "Camille" in My AntoniaChelsea Schievert 225 Photo: Church and House, Virginia City, 1941 Wright Morris 234 Small Pleasures: A Memoir of a Wright Morris Weekends Joseph J. Wydeven 235
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Volume I, 1999
Plains Song (of J. Alfred Chimneyrock) Dale S. Biggs 1 A Plains Song Companion Dale S. Biggs 1 Give Me This Dance Jenny Hasenauer 2 Fences Sommer Jindra 18 View From the Highway 11 Bridge Todd Robinson 28 The Homecoming Lucas Schulte 30 A Glimpse of History Jeremy Martin 33 The Sandpit Rebecca Branting 39 They Linger On Danielle Bethune 44 Little Brother Steven Janssen 45 Farmer's Poem Brian Vance 50 The Summer I Can't Forget Michael Vech 53 The Home Place Teri Lynn Imus 58 Ole's Salvation Chris Halligan 61 Great Plains Center Ron Larson 76 Mapping Loren Eiseley: A Bonehunter's Geography Deb Derrick 79 Landscape in Bess Streeter Aldrich Carol Miles Petersen 87 Journey Shelly Clark 94 Out at Kildeer Yasmin McEwen 95 Nebraska Wind Danielle Bethune 96 Peering Out Ramona L. Lindbloom 97 Nebraska Storm Justin Gill 98 Waiting for the Sun Rick Guilliams 102 Nebraska Winds Kaycee Bridger 103 Then & Forever Tycho McNeelee 104 Emerging at the Surface Danielle Bethune 106 A Brighter Future for All: Economic Development in Nebraska Katie Harr 108 Memories for Sale Brian Vance 114 How to Live in the Heartland Twyla Hansen 117 Mid-West Misunderstanding Kristy Sorensen 118 Saturday Night at the View Jim Reese 119 The Jive Jim Reese 121 Carny Amie Perlman 124 Nebraska Boxer Harold B. Wilson 132 Heoll, My Name is Chris Chris Bonnema 136 Raves Emily Elowsky 139 Falling Off the Edge of the World Joanna Findlay 147 The Logic of Hate Adele Stevens 154 Journalistic Giant Trips on Load of Cow Chips Joe Starita 160 Political Culture of Nebraska Katie Sup 162 Nebraska Political Culture Mike Schuering 164 Tastes Like More Jim Reese 166 Breeding Grounds Michael Garcia 168 Bishop Bruskewitz and Orthodox Catholicim in Nebraska Matthew Robbins Johnson 170 Wings Amanda Lighter 178 Delia's Place Andria Skaff 179 The Last Day Mary Trauthen 185 Wright Morris and Chautauqua Oliver Pollak 189 Wright Morris Holograph Wright Morris 194 Reflections on Wright Morris' November Plains SongDonna Kortje 195
