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Volume 26, Issue 3 (1996) Fall

Front Matter

Front Matter, The Iowa Review, v.26 no.3, Fall, 1996

https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4462

Contents

A Conversation about Kwame Anthony Appiah's "In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture" p. 1-26
Mahoumbah Klobah, Mawuena Logan, Dean Makuluni, Cherry Muhanji, Theresa Riffe, and Barbara Eckstein
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4463

On Criticism p. 27-30
Helen Vendler
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4464

Audenesque p. 31-33
Seamus Heaney
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4465

The Thing about Channels p. 34-50
Jeffrey J. Merrick
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4466

Welcome to the Ghetto, Black Spectacle from the Most Avant-Garde p. 51-61
Ricardo Cortez Cruz
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4467

Promises of Dill Seed p. 62-62
Peter Imsdahl
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4468

Reply without Gazelles p. 63-64
Sandra Meek
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4469

Wild Onions p. 65-65
Robert W. Thomas
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4470

Plymouth p. 66-66
Brian Young
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4471

Good Things Come to Those Who Wait p. 67-68
Noelle Kocot
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4472

Taxidermy p. 69-85
Leslie Walker Williams
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4473

Hope, among Other Vices and Virtues: Charity: Envy: Lust: Wrath: Sloth: Justice: Prudence: Gluttony: Temperance: Pride: Faith: Avarice: Fortitude: Hope p. 86-92
Eric Miles Williamson
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4474

Sweeper Women p. 93-101
Beth Lee Simon
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4475

The Madonna of the Serpent p. 102-103
Jennifer Atkinson
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4477

Persephone Sets the Record Straight p. 104-105
Shara McCallum
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4479

In the Garden of Banana and Cocoanut Trees p. 105-106
Shara McCallum
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4480

Apple p. 106-106
Shara McCallum
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4482

No Whip, No Velvet p. 107-108
Cal Bedient
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4484

Mother p. 109-109
Beth Roberts
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4486

1963 p. 110-110
John Talbot
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4488

The Virgin Jocasta p. 111-112
Paul Stanslaw
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4489

Amos Needs Turning p. 112-113
Paul Stanslaw
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4491

The Cabalist p. 113-113
Paul Stanslaw
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4493

The Heart of Power p. 114-125
John J. Berry
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4495

Ghost Story p. 126-126
Gordon Lish
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4497

Blue Books p. 127-134
Steven Harvey
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4499

Yiddish Pantoum p. 135-135
Rochelle Nameroff
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4501

Disappearance: A Backwards Waltz p. 136-136
Rochelle Nameroff
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4503

The Coroner's Reprieve p. 137-138
Bob Hicok
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4504

Over Coffee p. 139-140
Bob Hicok
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4506

Quesnay's Aspect p. 141-142
Barbara Campbell
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4508

Readerly p. 143-144
John Latta
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4510

What Price Electrolysis p. 145-156
Jan Maulhardt
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4512

Borges Travel p. 157-158
Mark Axelrod
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4514

Verlaine Shoes p. 158-159
Mark Axelrod
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4515

Rembrandt Toothpaste p. 160-161
Mark Axelrod
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4517

Cervantes Institute p. 161-162
Mark Axelrod
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4519

Monet Jewelry p. 163-165
Mark Axelrod
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4521

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks p. 166-167
Andrew Russell
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Place Heaven's Compartment Material Here p. 168-168
Gregory Brooker
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4525

Place "Transition" Winter 1929 Here p. 169-169
Gregory Brooker
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4526

All Souls p. 170-170
K. Reynolds Dixon
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4528

If I Met Philip Johnson p. 171-171
George Swaney
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4530

Chilled p. 172-172
Rich Ives
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4532

His Finger Eaten by a Pig p. 173-173
Rich Ives
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4534

A Man Who Would Be Santa p. 174-178
Tom Walz
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4536

Ruth Stone's Intricate Simplicities p. 179-193
Roger Gilbert
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4538

In This Parched Land, Lunacy and Love: A Review of "Khamsin", by Moshe Dor p. 194-200
Jean Berrett
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4539

On "Can You Hear, Bird", by John Ashbery p. 201-203
David Hamilton
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4541

On "My Vegetable Love", by Carl H. Klaus p. 204-206
David Hamilton
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4543

Back Matter

Notes on contributors and back matter, The Iowa Review, v.26 no.3, Fall, 1996 p. 207-216

https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4545

Index, The Iowa Review, v.26 no.3, Fall, 1996 p. 211-217

https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4547

About the Cover Image

This is the third in our series of covers featuring paintings by Donald Justice. "Old Building, Galesburg, Illinois," is acrylic on canvas, 24 by 20 inches. It is in the private collection of Peggy Wier and is reproduced with her permission.

Editors

Editor: David Hamilton
Associate Editor: Mary Hussmann
Assistant Editors: Creston Lea; Corinne Madden; Valerie Savior
Designer: Kay Amert
Editorial Assistants: Marilyn Abildskov; John Beer; Lisa Chen; John D'Agata; Ellen Fagg; Jerry Harp; John Isles; Antonio Jocson; Dorian Karchmar; Patricia Lawrence; Paula Melton; Katherine Swiggert; Michael Taeckens; Michael Theune; Ruth Tobias; James Tweedie
Advisory Board: David Baldus; Frank Conroy; Charles Kremenak; Judy Polumbaum; Leslie Simms; Thomas Walz