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February 1985

 
  • Philip Appleman
  • Paul Barry
  • Michael Blumenthal
  • Raymond Carver
  • Maria Flook
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Grief

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Of the 497 Kinds of Love, This Is #43

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Table of Contents

  • Raymond Carver
    • Grief
    • Happiness
    • For Tess
    • Money
    • My Crow
  • Gary Waller
    • Of the 497 Kinds of Love, This Is #43
  • Mary Kinzie
    • Old Postcard
  • Maria Flook
    • The Improper Persons
  • James McKean
    • Lost in Amsterdam
  • Timothy Steele
    • Eros
    • Ethics
  • John Hildebidle
    • For Nicholas, at Two
    • Leah's Morning Song
  • Elaine Rubenstein
    • Aubade
    • Deborah's Lament
  • Susan Ludvigson
    • When Love Becomes
  • Philip Appleman
    • A Little Heart-to-Heart on Valentine's Day
  • Paul Barry
    • Anatomical Illustration
    • The Blind Girl Speaks of the Marvelous Things
  • Michael C. Blumenthal
    • Advice to My Students: How to Write a Poem
  • Alan Williamson
    • The Chair
  • Robert B. Shaw
    • Echo
    • Narcissus
    • Family Album
    • Things We Will Never Know
  • Aleda Shirley
    • Tertium Quid
  • Andrew J. Kappel
    • One Kiss, Five Pups, and No Conclusion
  • Jim Simmerman
    • Almost Dancing
    • Finally
Comment
  • J. D. McClatchy
    • Weaving and Unweaving
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Philip Appleman
  • Paul Barry
  • Michael C. Blumenthal
  • Raymond Carver
  • Maria Flook
  • John Hildebidle
  • Andrew J. Kappel
  • Mary Kinzie
  • Susan Ludvigson
  • J. D. McClatchy
  • James McKean
  • Elaine Rubenstein
  • Robert B. Shaw
  • Aleda Shirley
  • Jim Simmerman
  • Timothy Steele
  • Gary Waller
  • Alan Williamson
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