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Volume 38, Issue 2 (2008) Fall

Front Matter

Front Matter, The Iowa Review, v.38 no.2, Fall, 2008

https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6440

Contents

Human Rights Index p. v-vi
University of Iowa Center for Human Rights
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6441

Clothed, Female Figure p. 1-26
Kirstin Allio
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6442

A Rather Late Letter from Wrocław p. 27-41
John Taylor
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6443

Birdtalk p. 42-42
Dennis Schmitz
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6444

Yellowjackets p. 43-43
Dennis Schmitz
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6445

Heckfire p. 44-45
Dennis Schmitz
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6446

The Sari Club p. 46-46
Erik Campbell
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6447

Letter to Rilke p. 47-47
Jeanne LeVasseur
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6448

April Poem p. 48-48
Todd Davis
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6449

This Dream the World Is Having about Itself... p. 49-50
Carolyne Wright
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6450

Round: Before the Start of the Long War p. 51-52
Carolyne Wright and Rachel Corrie
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6451

[Introduction] p. 53-53
Hugh Ferrer
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6452

Victoria p. 54-54
Julia Hartwig
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6453

Long Vigil p. 55-55
Julia Hartwig, John Carpenter, and Bogdana Carpenter
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6454

Government Cows p. 56-59
Kei Miller and Augustus Silvera
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6455

At Fossil Gorge p. 60-60
James Norcliffe
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6456

Sleeping the Sleep of the Dead p. 61-61
James Norcliffe
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6457

Endgame p. 62-62
James Norcliffe
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6458

Risotto alla Milanese p. 63-65
Elena Bossi, Cristina Piatti, Penelope Todd, and Kavery Nambisan
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6459

The Word for "Yeo" p. 66-66
Ra Heeduk
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6460

The Custom of Aerial Burial p. 67-67
Ra Heeduk
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6462

New Moon p. 68-68
Ra Heeduk
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6464

Renting a Room p. 69-69
Ra Heeduk
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6466

A Door Opens p. 70-70
Ra Heeduk
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6467

The Stockings I Removed p. 71-71
Ra Heeduk, Won-Chung Kim, and Christopher Merrill
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6469

Entangled p. 72-82
Hana Andronikova
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6471

The Woman Who Collected Solved Crossword Puzzles p. 83-83
Alex Epstein
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6473

Homer's Childhood Games p. 84-84
Alex Epstein
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6474

True Illusion p. 85-85
Alex Epstein
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6476

On the Mourning Customs of Elephants p. 86-86
Alex Epstein
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6478

Jung's Nightmare of Watches p. 87-87
Alex Epstein and Becka Mara McKay
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6480

From "On This Island" p. 88-91
Penelope Todd
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6481

Searching for Number 6452040 p. 92-95
Lindsay Simpson
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6483

There Will Still Be Spring p. 96-96
Tomaž Šalamun
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6485

[Untitled] p. 97-97
Tomaž Šalamun, Dan Rosenberg, and Boris Gregorič
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6487

Valentine p. 98-99
Kiki Petrosino
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6489

Valentine p. 100-101
Kiki Petrosino
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6490

Contemporary Meskwaki Social Dance Songs: The One I Live with; One at a Time; Micah's Rider Song; The Person Who Partakes of This Medicine p. 102-107
Ray A. Young Bear
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6492

James Dickey at Florida p. 108-112
Kevin Clark
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6494

Here's Something You'd Better Know p. 113-114
Lowell Jaeger
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6496

Very Special Friend p. 115-121
Maggie McKnight
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6498

How to Love a Woman with No Legs p. 122-130
Natalie Diaz
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6499

To My Friends p. 131-132
Steve Langan
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6501

Cubicles p. 133-133
Steve Langan
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6503

For My Father and His Mother p. 134-134
Mary Jane White
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6505

Note from the Etruscans p. 135-135
Brandon Krieg
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6507

Note from an Ascendant Sect p. 136-136
Brandon Krieg
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6509

Occasional Poem p. 137-137
Peter Cooley
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6510

The Flame p. 138-138
David Ray
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6512

Heroine Worship p. 139-139
David Ray
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6514

Yaddo: Assigned Their Room p. 140-140
David Ray
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6516

Anna p. 141-142
David Ray
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6518

The Laureates p. 143-143
David Ray
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6519

A Good Pig p. 144-160
Steven Patterson
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6521

The Suddy Sow p. 161-173
Jimmye Hillman
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6523

Chicory p. 174-174
Fleda Brown
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6525

Song of Ticks p. 175-175
Randall Potts
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6527

April, Paris p. 176-176
Lyn Lifshin
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6529

The Way You Know p. 177-177
Lyn Lifshin
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6530

Of Course It's Always the End of Time p. 178-179
Mia Nussbaum
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6532

The Annunciation p. 180-180
Amanda Auchter
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6534

Finishing Kick p. 181-181
Floyd Skloot
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6536

A Walk p. 182-183
Keith Taylor
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6538

Two Cheers for Creeley (And Hardy and Herrick): A Note on the New "Selected Poems" p. 184-191
David Hamilton
https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6539

Back Matter

Notes on contributors and back matter, The Iowa Review, v.38 no.2, Fall, 2008 p. 192-203

https://doi.org/10.17077/0021-065X.6541

About the Cover Image

Excerpt from Maggie McKnight's graphic memoir in progress, Misconception: The Story of a Family.

Editors

Editor: David Hamilton
Fiction Editor: Hugh Ferrer
Managing Editor: Lynne Nugent
Assistant Editors: Lauren Barrier Gould; Sarah Karon
Designer: Amber Withycombe
Editorial Assistants: Lisa Angelella; Ian Breen; Rebecca Bridge; Janis Bultman; Katie Chase; Jennifer S. Cheng; Olivia Clare; T. Zachary Cotler; Elizabeth Cowan; Kate Dion; Jennifer duBois; Braden Hepner; T. Geronimo Johnson; Katherine Klein; Megan Knight; Justin Latici; Kecia Lynn; Margaret MacInnis; June Melby; Nathaniel Minton; Elinathan Ohiomoba; Jennifer Percy; Steven Ramirez; Shawn Saler; Zach Savich; Jordan Stempleman; Joseph M. Tiefenthaler; Tyler Tritten; Joyce Turner; Ryan Van Meter; Julia Carrie Wong
Interns: Martin R. Biro; Tara Atkinson Gunyon; Chris Harrison; Erica Kalnay; Craig Moreau
Advisory Board: David Baldus; Charles Kremenak; Leslie Simms; Thomas Walz
Contributing Editors: Ethan Canin; Bob Hicok; Yiyun Li; Phillip Lopate; Heather McHugh; James Alan McPherson; Chris Offutt; Lia Pupura; Cole Swensen; Abigail Thomas