INTERVIEW A Tiger Beetle and the Rest of the World: A Conversation with Joel Sartore by Katie Sisneros 5
Typewriter Delphine Bedient 10 Into Your Hands, Or the Real Reason Why I Write Fred MacVaugh 11 Strawberries Marilyn Dorf 12 Untitled (#1) Jessica Northup 13 Portrait Sunshine Dempsey 14 Adoption Anne Fitzgerald 15 Rain Deborah T. McGinn 16 Windmill, 8.9.2007 Derrick Burbul 18 The Land Remembers Marilyn Dorf 20 Failing the Bible Diet, Maude Hits the Kentucky Bourbon Amy Plettner 21 Western Brian Merriman 22 With the confusion of distance, of distances: an unexpected listening Rex Walton 23 Sod House near Windlass Hill, 8.6.2007 Derrick Burbul 24 Adrian, North Dakota, 1900 Red Shuttleworth 25 Cowboy Rest Stop Kendal Garrison 26 Violets Deb Walz 27 Let's Run Away Natalie Schwarz 28 A poem for a child Fred MacVaugh 29 Chair Delphine Bedient 30 Untitled (#2) Jessica Northup 31 The Ladies of Keno Theresa Swanson 32 Untitled (#3) Jessica Northup 36 Intersection U.S. Highway 285 and Nebraska State Highway 92 Derrick Burbul 37 Service Station Faye Tanner Cool 38 Niwot Sunshine Dempsey 39 Ice Storm Series #1 Marydorsey Wanless 40 Stanton, Nebraska, 1915 Red Shuttleworth 41 Untitled Amy Plettner 42 Genetic Disposition Deb Walz 43 Untitled #2 Anne H. Peetz 44 Beware the Shaking Rattle Janet Portiner 45 Earthbound Brian Merriman 46 Elgin Prairie Leah Daehling 47 Street Dance Natalie Schwarz 48 August Janey Strobel 49 Untitled [#4] Jessica Northup 50 The Snap Kelly Madigan Erlandson 51 Untitled [#5] Jessica Northup 54 Before the First Freeze Faye Tanner Cool 55 Traveling Through Trudi Muro-Robertson 56 Untitled #16 Anne H. Peetz 57 A Scratch You Can't Itch Anne H. Peetz 58 Stardust Chris Vogt 59
CONTRIBUTORS NOTES 60
Volume IX, 2007
Edited by Shoshana Sumrall
INTRODUCTION 3
INTERVIEW 5 An Interview with Kelly Madigan Erlandson by Ember Schrag
POETRY
Feast of All Souls Annemarie Potter 11 Little Bluestem Twyla Hansen 12 Common Ground Carole Barnes-Montgomery 14 The Way of Memory Lucy Adkins 16 Music Stephanie Pluta 20 What Silence Wants Us to Know Fredrick Zydek 22 Shoveling the dark Rex Walton 23 I Leaned In Close Marjorie Saiser 25 What My Mother Used James Cihlar 30 To Eat Just Once Kevin Rabas 34 The Roots Stephanie Pluta 36 Bridge Stephanie Pluta 37 So Early in the Evening Charlene Neely 41 Rat Terrier Lucy Adkins 42 West River, I-94 Rick Watson 46 Language Greg Kuzma 48 The Slow Disintegration Greg Kuzma 49 The Spoilers say Where are his Works That he did in the Wilderness John Estes 51
PROSE
Dirt Farmer Lucas Steven Wingate 17 Selling Starch Katharine Hershey 26 Nebraska Kelly Madigan Erlandson 28 Confessional Box, Third Grade Deborah T. McGinn 32 Homecoming Logan Burda 38 Public Works Reed Underwood 43 Thousands Devin Ayers 53
PHOTOGRAPHY
Main Street. Zap, North Dakota Dan Koeck Cover Sentinels Jason Pohl 4 Star Trails, Black Hills Michael Whye 10 Page City Brian Merriman 13 Weekend Warrior Brian Merriman 15 Sunlight Delphine Bedient 19 GETTING HIGH Plato Chan 21 Motel Broadwater, NE 2006 Tom Hansen 24 Image 0361 Embrace Kendal Garrison 29 Jump! Bruce Thorson 31 Ghost of the White Elephant Jason Pohl 34 St. Augustine Live Oaks Michael Whye 35 Homestead Brian Merriman 40 Pierce County Fair. Rugby, North Dakota Dan Koeck 41 No Trespassing Jason Pohl 43 Roadside Attraction. New Salem, North Dakota Dan Koeck 47 MANIC Plato Chan 50 Citadel Jason Pohl 52
CONTRIBUTORS NOTES 57
Volume VIII, 2006
Edited by Mary Kate McCarney
INTRODUCTION 3
INTERVIEW 5 An Interview with William Kloefkorn By Marjorie Saiser
POETRY
Equinox Post Mortem Anne Fitzgerald 12 Blackberry Picking on Lopez Island with Dr. Diane Gillespie Fredrick Zydek 14 Four Poems Kelly Madigan Erlandson 21 The Refrigerator Repairman Talks of Marriage Tricia Currans-Sheehan 26 The Last Blackbird in Cambridge, Nebraska A. Katherine Berger 28 Stuffed Cardinal in a China Hutch Michael Plouzek 29 Plain Death Elizabeth Schultz 31 The Artists, the Priest, and the Holy Virgin Rick Watson 32 The Changes Clif Mason 34 Along the Way JC Reilly 36 Common Clay Pots Marilyn Dorf 37 Two Poems Dwaine Spieker 46 Three Poems Don Welch 48 Three Poems Jillian Savage 61 Untitled Dan Leamen 68
PROSE
A River’s Reach John Pierce 15 All That Came Before Amy Winkenwerder 25 Mötley Classrüem Fran Kaye 39 Camera Christopher Schultz 50 Trans Amy Winkenwerder 66
PHOTOGRAPHY
Reclamation Jason Groves Cover Alley 2, Lincoln, 2005 Thomas Hansen 4 Motion Michael Evnen 11 Finding My Way (Mt. Vernon Gardens, Omaha) Laura Johnson Dahlke 13 Feud Derek Driedger 17 West Port, Kansas City, 2005 Thomas Hansen 20 Best Friends Lori Vick 23 Last Night Stefan and Sarah Mast 26 Trespass Daniel Weiss 30 Loma, Nebraska Amy Plettner-Lind 33 No Turning Back Amy Plettner-Lind 38 Year Round Representation at the Sunken Gardens Derek Driedger 41 Eye of the Beholder Lindsay Snyder 45 Untitled Plato Chan 47 Honig House Marydorsey Wanless 51 The Road to Grandpa Honig’s Marydorsey Wanless 54 Brunner Farm Marydorsey Wanless 57 The Whisper Stefan and Sarah Mast 60 Eat and Run Janet M. Thooft 63 Pointed Jacob Walker 65 Emotion Michael Evnen 67
CONTRIBUTORS 70
Volume VII, 2005
Edited by Mary Kate McCarney
INTRODUCTION 3
INTERVIEW An Interview with Don Welch by Dwaine Spieker 5
POETRY
The Geography of the Heart Mary K. Stillwell 10 Storm Carol J. Carpenter 12 Of Sickness and Things that Crawl Lucy Adkins 14 What I've Survived in Bad Dreams Fredrick Zydek 15 Wolf-Woman Marilyn Dorf 19 Poem: Thirty-Third Draft Fredrick Zydek 23 A November Moment Pat Pike 24 Skinny Old Men Dee Ritter 31 The Salesman Jim Reese 32 Morse Code Jim Reese 33 Deep Deportation Kimberly Simms 34 Self-Evident Fragments Fredrick Zydek 36 Why She Didn’t Wear a Watch Amy Plettner Lind 40 Winter Still Life Denise Banker 42 Hoar Frost Denise Banker 42 Day Moon Fredrick Zydek 47 Zero at the Bone Heidi Peters 48 Nothing Rests Easy in Their Hands Kelly Madigan Erlandson 52 After 20 Years You Recall Your Old Boyfriend Kelly Madigan Erlandson 54 Divorce Joshua Dolezal 55 Certain Kinds of Music Fredrick Zydek 62 Prone Jon Munk 63
PROSE
Sterling Shoshana Sumrall 13 That’ll Stick in Your Craw Tricia Currans-Sheehan 20 Coal Chute Road Shoshana Sumrall 25 Bean Smoking David Raabe 38 Dragons and Dandelions Stacy Fox 44 Thanksgiving Jessica Tok 50 Shadow of St. Agnes Grady Arth 57
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dakota Badlands Richard Francis Cover Dakota Badlands, Two Richard Francis 4 Downtown Stairs Michael Evnen 9 Madeline Kelly Benson 11 This Old House Speaks (3 images) Mary Dorsey Wanless 16 Untitled Eric Eshbach 22 Lollipops Jessica Tok 30 Lana Obradovic Molly Margaret Colleen Kearney 35 A Map of a Girl John Skinner 37 Windbreak Benjamin Polly 41 Frosted Ridge Benjamin Polly 43 Spring at Wyuka Francis Schoonveld 46 Grave Statue Francis Schoonveld 49 Dinner Amy Plettner-Lind 51 Andy Hallam Kelly Benson 53 Boxcars Thomas Hansen 56 Button Michael Evnen 61
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 64
Volume VI, 2004
Edited by Joy Arbor
INTRODUCTION 3
INTERVIEW An Interview with Gerald Shapiro by John Talbird 5
POETRY AND PROSE
The Grammar of the Barrio Daniel R. Martinez 8 North from Mexico Daniel R. Martinez 9 The Red River Valley Jeff Jentz 11 Emma and Jake Jeff Jentz 12 Lines at Midday near Rosebud Reservation Jeff Jentz 13 I try not to forget Lucy Adkins 15 Emma Teaches Me to Clean Chickens Lucy Adkins 16 Yesterday, the Wind Lucy Adkins 17 The Gift of What's Left J.J. McKenna 19 Great Grandfather Marilyn Dorf 20 Oil Change Melissa Tubbs 22 A Hawk before Sunrise RD Theisz 23 Homegrown Jim Reese 25 Cityscape (Autumn) Mary Kate McCarney 27 Letter toJames Fredrick Zydek 30 Letter to Ranek from Brunswick Fredrick Zydek 31 Letter to Gerisen in Miami Fredrick Zydek 32 Letter to Blain in Dallas Fredrick Zydek 33 He Disks Bonnie Crumly-Fastring 35 Some Are, Some Aren't Lois (Wurdeman) Lewandowski 36 Wallflower Deborah T. McGinn 40 Dancing with Ramona Joshua Dolezal 42 Starlings Dee Ritter 46 Vow Amy Plettner-Lind 48 Not My First Kiss, Not at All Marjorie Saiser 49 At the End of the Argument Kelly Madigan Erlandson 50 Christmas Letter, After Dad Kelly Madigan Erlandson 51 Kelly Girls #2 Wynne Summers 53 Freda's Hats Pat Pike 54 Dedication Carole Barnes-Montgomery 55 Spring-Time Charlene Neely 56 Emergency Plan Charlene Neely 57 Sticks & Stones, Old bones Charlene Neely 56 Against the Numberless Winter Stars Rex Walton 59 Dreamscapes Bil Johnson 60 The Unbroken Plains Ethan J. Hon 62 In the City of Crows Elizabeth Dodd 63
PHOTOGRAPHY
Remnants J. Lynn Batten Cover 1935 J. Lynn Batten 29 Flicka J. Lynn Batten 39 Covered Bridge, Cook, Nebraska Ardiss Cederholm 26 Jetstream Anneliese Cuttle 4 Bent Tree Anneliese Cuttle 61 Kelly Girls #2 Charles W. Guildner 52 Time Takes Its Toll Susan Murnan 18 Two cow Jim Reese 21 Farmer's Market Jim Reese 41 Bindlestiff Sideshow (at Duffy's) Jim Reese 47 4th of July, Lincoln Richard Wright 10 The Sower, Lincoln Richard Wright 14 Boy of Summer, Schuyler Richard Wright 24 Card Player, Hyannis Richard Wright 23