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Volume 26, Issue 3 (1996) Fall
Front Matter
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
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.4523
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
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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.
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