MATT BRIGGS
FEATURE
THE POWER
OF LANGUAGE
M A R C H 1 9 9 7
The Power of Language
C O N T E N T S
Power of Language, Introduction, Mayumi Tsutakawa, Guest Editor
1. Relativity
The Nursing Hour, Fatima Lim-Wilson
Grace Desirée, An Excerpt, Nancy Rawles
2. Contemplation
Seattle 1946, Mira Chieko Shimabukuro
Where It Pinches: Okinawa, Mira Chieko Shimabukuro
Untitled, Mira Chieko Shimabukuro
For The Lummi Girl Who Found Her Magic In Horses, Tiffany Midge
Identifying The Beast, Tiffany Midge
First Snow of '96, Tiffany Midge
Seattle Aquarium, Spring, 1995, Gail E. Tremblay
En La Casa Museo de Augustín Lara, Veracruz, Gail E. Tremblay
Casa de Cortez, Antigua, Veracruz, Gail E. Tremblay
3. Anomaly
How I Made the World Safe for Democracy, Mary F. Chen-Johnson
Affections from a former Mail-Order Bride to a Newly-Wed Husband, Kristin Naca
Love's Labor Lost: Equality, Omar S. Castañeda
4. Revolution
The Possibility of Revolution, Mira Chieko Shimabukuro
Iconography of the Slain, Carletta Wilson
Contributors to the Power of Language
APPLE JACKED
The first column from Raven Chronicle's contributing editor Michael Hureaux-Perez.
A JAPANESE AMERICAN IN MEXICO
Holly Yasui writes from San Miguel de Allende.
FORUM: CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Panelists Jody Aliesan, Paul Harding, Roy D. Wilson, and Deborah A. Miranda present essays on the role of the poet in contemporary culture.
RANTS / RAVES / REVIEWS
Alison Slow Loris examines the two recent books by Jessie Bernstein.
Tiffany Midge looks at selections from Children's Book Press.
John Olson reviews The Great Canoes, Reviving a Northwest Coast Tradition, a new book from the University of Washington Press.