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February 1998

 
  • Chana Bloch
  • Roger Caldwell
  • Billy Collins
  • Stuart Dybek
  • Caroline Finkelstein
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Misgivings

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In a Garden

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A Persuasion

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Table of Contents

Poetry
  • William Matthews
    • Misgivings
  • David Wagoner
    • In a Garden
  • Caroline Finkelstein
    • A Persuasion
    • STATEMENT
  • Chana Bloch
    • THOUGH YOU HAVEN'T ASKED
  • Robin Morgan
    • ADD-WATER INSTANT BLUES
  • J. D. McClatchy
    • THE DIALOGUE OF DESIRE AND GUILT
  • Leslie Ullman
    • HOTWIRE
  • Stuart Dybek
    • VIGIL
  • Gigi Marks
    • THE SWIM
  • Sandra M. Gilbert
    • ENORMOUS WIND
  • Paulann Petersen
    • Haven
    • RESOLUTION
  • Alexander Theroux
    • SHILOH
    • ITALIAN GIRL
  • Jeanne Murray Walker
    • SONG OF THE GIRL WHO STEPPED OUT OF LANGUAGE
  • Delisa Mulkey
    • FIRST CRUSH: SIXTH-PERIOD GREEK MYTHOLOGY
  • Roger Caldwell
    • GAS
  • Edward Hirsch
    • GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE
    • MARINA TSVETAEVA
  • John Frederick Nims
    • A Madrigal by Michelangelo for Vittoria Colonna
  • Susan Hahn
    • FRIGID 1994
  • Rodney Jones
    • The Obsolescence of Thou
  • Billy Collins
    • Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes
Comment
  • Ben Howard
    • Irish Voices
  • Christian Wiman
    • Short Reviews
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Chana Bloch
  • Roger Caldwell
  • Billy Collins
  • Stuart Dybek
  • Caroline Finkelstein
  • Sandra M. Gilbert
  • Susan Hahn
  • Edward Hirsch
  • Ben Howard
  • Rodney Jones
  • Gigi Marks
  • William Matthews
  • J. D. McClatchy
  • Robin Morgan
  • Delisa Mulkey
  • John Frederick Nims
  • Paulann Petersen
  • Alexander Theroux
  • Leslie Ullman
  • David Wagoner
  • Jeanne Murray Walker
  • Christian Wiman
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