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September 1989

 
  • Dick Allen
  • Angela Ball
  • Robert Cording
  • Steven Cramer
  • Stephen Dobyns
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LIVING POETS

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A KIND OF REPLY

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UTOPIAN MELODIES

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Table of Contents

  • Jeffrey Skinner
    • LIVING POETS
    • THE DANGEROUS TEACHING
  • Mark Halliday
    • A KIND OF REPLY
  • Stephen Dobyns
    • UTOPIAN MELODIES
  • Steven Cramer
    • FOR THE BULLIES OF WEST MORRIS HIGH
    • THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS
  • Martin McGovern
    • SUMMER INDIANS
  • Steven Orlen
    • SHAME
  • Dick Allen
    • THE NARROW MIND
  • Angela Ball
    • POSSESSION
  • William Ford
    • DOCTOR DOCTORUM
  • Brendan Galvin
    • BACKTALK
    • HEARING IRISH SPOKEN
    • CARROWKEEL
  • Robert Cording
    • GOING TO SEA IN A SIEVE
    • THOOR BALLYLEE
    • SEPTEMBER 3
  • Jill Marion Maney
    • LESSON
  • Ben Howard
    • PLACES AND LOSSES
Contents
  • Ben Howard
    • The Haw Lantern, by Seamus Heaney
    • The Sunset Maker, by Donald Justice
    • The Imperfect Paradise, by Linda Pastan
    • The Marrano, by Barry Goldensohn
    • Reply from Wilderness Island, by Peter Balakian
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  • Dick Allen
  • Angela Ball
  • Robert Cording
  • Steven Cramer
  • Stephen Dobyns
  • William Ford
  • Brendan Galvin
  • Mark Halliday
  • Ben Howard
  • Jill Marion Maney
  • Martin McGovern
  • Steven Orlen
  • Jeffrey Skinner
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