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Sam Lipsyte
"A Happy Dream" Steve Almond
"Proto-Scorpions of the Silurian" Jim Shepard
"The Snowing Loneliness of Buffalo" Greg Ames
"The Things He Gave Away for Free" Matthew Derby
"The Blue Terrance" "A Few Rumors Concerning Mr. Potato Head" Terrance Hayes
"Prosody West of the Pecos" "Pre-Raphaelite Ballad" Jonah Winter
"Busted Pipe" "Let Her Go" Amy Holman
"Filthy" "Tiny Acoustic Guitars" Mary Donnelly
"The Decorator Crab" Lee Upton
"Julie Ovary Song" John Rybicki
"Arrangement with Figure #1" "Divergence #2" "Dexter Sinister" "Triad" Doug Malone
The decorator crab lodges on his sticky back the patty of leaves and a gingerly balanced pebble stack.
A young father holds the hands of each little girl on either side of him, his chest glitter-chapped with nipple rings.
© Lee Upton
Lee Upton's poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic, and many other journals.
Her most recent book of poetry, her fourth, is Civilian Histories.
Her fourth book of literary criticism, Defensive Measures, will appear in the fall.
"Old Bardstown" Ellen Hagan Issue 10 - Spring/Summer 2003
"That Night" Max Winter Issue 20 - Spring 2006
"Ballad of the Strong Man in New York" Suzanne Burns Issue 6 - Spring/Summer 2002