Table of Contents
A Note from the Series Editor Nickole Brown 11
Richmond Burning Robert Alexander 17
Snow Magic Nin Andrews 25
The DH John Azrak 32
From Nothing Between Us: The Berkeley Years Wendy Barker 39
My Beard Eric Braun 47
Four Episodes in the Life of the Sheridan Boulevard Troll Amy Knox Brown 55
Ten Postcards from a Plane, 2004 Nickole Brown 61
Little Signs Leah Browning 66
When Death Took a Holiday Cathleen Calbert 71
From Dispatches: Beirut (1982-84) Michael Campagnoli 77
The Little Book of Monsters Christopher Citro 84
Myths to Have a Good Time Jennifer Kwon Dobbs 87
Dora Jacqueline Doyle 94
Pocket Guides Russell Evatt 99
Emma and the Rain Wesley Fairman 103
Grace Court Elisabeth Frost 109
Alternate Bios Casey Fuller 113
Hold Your Breath Molly Fuller 123
Always Happy and Go Lucky Maureen Gibbon 129
From Fables Sarah Goldstein 137
Domestic Narratives Jeffrey Greene 140
In Parts Sonia Greenfield 145
Revival of Rosemaling Carol Guess 149
The Keeper of Records Jessica Rae Hahn 152
Dear Scorpio: Letters to My Mother-Self Marie Harris 154
Hospital Jim Harrison 158
Zuihitsu of a Spartan Woman Pamela Hart 162
Nothing to Declare Holly Iglesias 168
The Locust of Desire Siel Ju 171
Self-Portrait with Tutu Elizabeth Kerlikowske 175
Looking at Houses Robert King 181
True/False Jenn Koiter 185
You Elizabeth Langemak 189
Equations Gian Lombardo 192
Shucking Christina Manweller 194
Whisker Meditations Debra Marquart 200
Nine Letters Kathleen McGookey 203
Vancouver Conversations Monica Nawrocki 207
Art Tells Us… Pamela Painter 211
Bread Irena Praitis 211
Commuting Alizabeth Rasmussen 222
In Smith's Mill William Reichard 226
Betrayals Richard Robbins 230
At the Orpheu Café Jim Ruland 235
From Leafmold F. Daniel Rzicznek 237
A Dainty Network of Bones Lucas Southworth 242
Haiku Sequence for Snow Julie Stotz-Ghosh 248
The Wake She Leaves like a Whirlpool Laura Tansley 250
ABCDEFG Bob Thurber 253
Coyote Crossings Alison Townsend 261
Dona Baby C. W. Truesdale 270
The Danger Creature Chronicles Luisa Villani 275
Tales from a Fourth Grade in the Fifties Mark Vinz 283
Just You Wait Julie Marie Wade 289
Shine Cecilia Woloch 297
I Want to Sing Gary Young 302
Afterword: Some Thoughts on the Prose Sequence Robert Alexander 308
Contributors' Notes 312
