September 2009
Letter from the Editor
Matt Bell
FICTION
Even If You Were Here
Angi Becker Stevens
Turf
Elizabeth Crane
The Consummation of Dirk
Jonathan Callahan
Denver Health Medical Center: Nursing Notes
Sean Lovelace
NOVEL EXCERPTS
The Adderall Diaries
Stephen Elliott
Saint John of the Five Boroughs
Edward Falco
POETRY
The Proselytizer
Jason Bredle
Three Poems
Rachel Contreni Flynn
Two Poems
Elisa Gabbert and Kathleen Rooney
Are You Looking for the Self-Help Section?
Christopher Kennedy
Two Poems
Jamaal May
NON-FICTION
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Erik Anderson
BOOK REVIEWS
Welcome to Oakland, by Eric Miles Williamson
Brian Allen Carr
Brecht at Night, by Mati Unt
Anna Clark
Some Things That Meant the World to Me, by Joshua Mohr
Darby Dixon III
The Withdrawal Method, by Pasha Malla
Jill Meyers
Changing, by Lily Hoang
John Madera
The Country Where No One Ever Dies, by Ornela Vorpsi
Josh Maday
The New Valley, by Josh Weil
Stacy Muszynski
Vengeful Hymns, by Marc J. Sheehan
Keith Taylor