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The Meadow Literary and Art Journal 2011

The Meadow Literary and Art Journal 2011 3
Table of Contents 3
About the Meadow 1
Editorial Board 2
Submission Guidelines 129
Contributor Notes 123
Bipin Aurora 123
Wendy Berry 123
Tyler Bigney 123
Vanessa Blakeslee 123
Teresa Breeden 123
Meghan L. Bucknell 123
Dasha Bulatov 123
Andrew Crimmins 123
Janann Dawkins 123
Grant Tierney Dehne 123
Kay Doss 124
Michael Dubon 124
Samantha Elliott 124
Benjamin Evans 124
Sean Evans 124
Buck Feero 124
Nathan Graziano 124
Andrei Guruianu 124
Charles Haddox 124
Jeff Hardin 124
Amy Hendrickson 124
Arian Katsimbras 125
Alan King 125
R. L. Kurtz 125
Jim Lamoreux 125
Karen Levy 125
Joanne Lowery 125
Jake A. Martinez 125
Dave Malone 125
Jerry D. Mathes II 125
Michael P. McManus 126
Lacie Morgan 126
Nicole Navarro 126
Lindsey Neely 126
Ifeanyichukwu Onyewuchi 126
Sean Prentiss 126
Suzanne Roberts 126
Erika Robles 126
Stephen Schlatter 126
Robby Schlesinger 126
Tara Mae Schultz 127
David Shattuck 127
Nathan Slinker 127
Alexandra Sweeney 127
Karen Terrey 127
Caitlin Thomas 127
Kimberly Thompson 127
Kymmo Valenton 127
Harry Wilson 127
D.O.A. Worrell 127
Maya Jewell Zeller 128
Advertisements 130
Blue Earth Review 130
Quarter After Eight 131
Portland Review 132
Interviews 72
interview with Alyson Hagy by Mark Maynard 72
Fiction 58
Bayard Avenue by Scott Tucker 15
Late for Work by Jim Lamoreux 35
The Boy by Bipin Aurora 42
Flak by Tim Dickerson 58
Where Have All the Parents Gone (Ebe Ka Nne na Nna No) by Ifeanyichukwu Onyewuchi 79
Silenced by D.O.A. Worrell 108
Sacrifice by Charles Haddox 95
Non-Fiction 9
Pretty Girl by Angelo Perez 9
The Stain by Karen Levy 31
Poetry 94
Girl in a Country Scene by Nathan Slinker 5
Sand Dunes, Northern Nevada by Nathan Slinker 6
Love, Alaska by Lindsey Neely 7
Correspondence by Janann Dawkins 8
I Float Like It’s Nothing by Nicole Navarro 12
Nature Channel by Wendy Barry 13
The Insomniac Speaks in Winter by Maya Jewell Zeller 14
No Light by Stephen Schlatter 24
12 Oz. by Buck Feero 25
A Jungian Archetype by Jake A. Martinez 26
My First Night in Izmir, Turkey by Tyler Bigney 27
Moon River, December, 1961 by Vanessa Blakeslee 28
Clarissa by Maya Jewell Zeller 29
A Knife in the Wash by Teresa Breeden 30
Solitaire by Lacie Morgan 34
Those I Used to Know Who Knew Me by Andrei Guruianu 40
Drive By Pianoing by Robby Schlesinger 41
Bangor, Pennsylvania: SOS by Sean Prentiss 47
American Dating Scene: $1 Menu by Micheal Dubon 48
The Teenage Couple Who Has Sexin a Slasher Flick by Nathan Graziano 49
Your Kiss Usually Means Some of It by Caitlin Thomas 50
Spring by Erika Robles 51
Summer, 2002 by Meghan L. Bucknell 52
You see... by Grant Tierney Dehne 53
Strawberry Heart by R. L. Kurtz 54
Of Piers by Kymmo Valenton 55
Even Her Name by Kay Doss 56
As If by Suzanne Roberts 57
Corpsman by Michael P. McManus 66
Fuel Guard by Jerry D. Mathes II 68
Pulaski by Jerry D. Mathes II 69
On the Move by Jerry D. Mathes II 70
The Hammers by David Shattuck 71
Autumn Day by Andrew Crimmins 85
A Life for a Life by Amy Hendrickson 86
I Always Wanted to Save a Life by Samantha Elliott 87
A Private Wake by Meghan L. Bucknell 88
After Viewing John Maguire’s Painting Montgomery Streetin Winter by Arian Katsimbras 89
Elegy with Handgun, Soot, and Bird by Arian Katsimbras 90
More of the Day Collapses into this Moment of Waiting for Bread by Arian Katsimbras 91
Gathering an Appetite by Tara Mae Schultz 92
Weathered by Joanne Lowery 93
Souvenir by Jake A. Martinez 94
When the Finches Start Up by Jeff Hardin 99
A Day of Slow Rain by Jeff Hardin 100
Cut Branch by Sean Evans 101
Nature’s Gold by Dave Malone 102
Where They Do That At? by Alan King 103
Movement by Benjamin Evans 104
Buckeye Hot Springs by Karen A. Terrey 105
The Dead of Shawnee by David Shattuck 106
A Routine Procedure by Gary Metras 115
A Wife’s Prayer by Kimberly Thompson 116
Wedding Poem by Wendy Barry 117
The Darker Touch by Alexandra Sweeney 118
Inharmonious by Jake A Martinez 119
The Empty Sign by Dasha Bulatov 120
My Sister-in-law Was a Better Cook by Kay Doss 121
Another Ending by Suzanne Roberts 122

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