Vol. 13, No. 1: "Whimsies"
Several times a year we create an online Raven which mirrors our print issue(s). This is a condensed, excerpted version of our print issue. Our online magazine also features work (like Art Attack) unique to our web site and not found in print anywhere.
Table of Contents: WHIMSIES
Raven NotesCredits 96
Artists' Bios 96
Food & Culture
Phonda Pettit 25, The Harvesters , Poem
Elizabeth Alexander 26 Saturday Night in Middle Age , Poem
Jeff Crandall 27 The Bread Store , Poem
Mike Lipstock 28 The Crisp White Suit , Fiction, "We'll always have Venice"
Mary Lou Sanelli 31 Uncle Pete , Essay, "May, 2005"
Martha Silano 32 Cleaning Out the Fridge , Poem
Nature Writing
Derek Sheffield 70 Fall Away , Poem
Derek Sheffield 71 Waiting, Again, Poem
Bill Yake 72 Sketch from the Transitive Valley, Poem
John Haines 73, Return to Richardson, Spring, 1981, Poem
The Northwest
klipschutz 13 And Here We Are , Poem
Richie Swanson 14 Creator Bird, Fiction, Oystercatcher & Stories of Creation
Polly Buckingham 18 The Burial, Chaper 8, Fiction, excerpt from Long White Robe
Poetics
Sarah Broudy 04 A Work in Progress , An interview with poet Carolyne Wright
Hugo House 10 Chance: Existential Horse Opera , An interview with writer
James Knisely
Rants, Raves & Reviews
D.L. Birchfield 74 Field of Honor , Reviewed by Thomas Hubbard
margareta waterman 75, iteration ,
Reviewed by Judith RocheRayn Roberts 76 Of One and Many Worlds , Reviewed by Christopher J. Jarmick
Maria Victoria 79 Les Dejo El Mar , Reviewed by M. Nelida Mendoza
Barbara Kremen 81, The Damsel Fly and other stories ,
Reviewed by Catherine SpanglerJohn Amer 82 More of Me Disappears , Reviewed by Jeannine Hall Gailey
Brenda Serotte 84 The Fortune Teller's Kiss , Reviewed by Kathleen Alcala
Mariela Griffor 85, Exiliana ,
Reviewed by Ilya KaminskyCorey Mesler 86, The Hole In Sleep ,
Reviewed by Elizabeth MyhrRobert Gregory 87, The Beautiful City of Weeds ,
Reviewed by Elizabeth MyhrKathryn Rantala 88 The Plant Waterer and Other Things in Common ,
Reviewed by Norman LockMathias de Breyne 93 Baby Beat Generation... , Reviewed by Andrew Langer
Spoken Word
Marion Kimes 33, Barometer Check, Poem
Feature: Whimsies
Christopher T. Hunter 01 Kite , Poem
Ann E. Gerike 30 The Sea Cucumber , Poem
Elizabeth DeMatteo 34 How I Came To Be A Criminal, Fiction, "My Twin"
Dolly Morse 39 The Zodiac , Poem
Cathy Ruiz 40 Coyote, the trickster... , Poem
Charlie Burks 42, What the universe, Poem
Charlie Burks 42 excerpt from Volume, Poem
Peter Pereira 43 Missed, Poem
Sue Pace 44 My Life As A Sane Person, Fiction, "Foile A Deux"
Natasha K. Moni 55 Perhaps they were bored, the Gods, Poem &
David L. Whited 56 Adaptability, Poem
David L. Whited 57 coyote got spots in his eyes..., Poem
David Lloyd Whited 58, who invented this moonlit land..., Poem
David L. Whited 59 the darker side of coyote, Poem
Greg Bamford 60 My cat--the well-known German philosopher--, Poem
Jeffery Bahr 61 Brand Loyalty, Poem
Jeff Crandall 62, Satan Escapes From Hell, Poem
Michael Spence 63 S.D.E. (Strategic Defense Epitaph), Poem
David Massengill 64 The Unfortunates, Fiction, "The Gentleman and the Valet"
Nathan Whiting 65 Yellow Eggplant, Empty Cocoon, Poem
Cecelia Hagen 66 The Bent World, Poem
Kelli Russell Agodon 68 Notes From a Consultation With a Dream Psychic, Poem
Paul Hunter 97 Excerpt from The Other End of Love, Poem
Art & Artists
Polly Purvis: Covers, 17,33,41,42,45,49,63,67,97, Photos
Wally Shoup: 1,29,35,65,69, Paintings
G. Tod Slone: 19,23, Photos
Richie Swanson: 15, Photo
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