No. 233 (Autumn 2007)

Contents: 

Editorial 
 5     Ross Leckie 
 6     Roger Ploude
 8     Michael Taylor
10    James Langer

Fiction 
28    Andrew Daley: Wermshafter, Love 
48    Julie Paul: Feeding on Demand
65    Jared Young: Masters of Kung-Fu 
80    Jason Markowsky: The Accordion Player
93    Derek Hayes: A Feel for America

Poetry 
12    Simon Armitage:  Ten Poems
40    Matt Rader: Two Poems
42    Carla Funk: Two Poems
44    Tom Wayman: The Loneliness of Beauty
46    Stephanie Yorke: Two Poems
55    Kristina Bresnen: Nine Poems
74    David Martin: Concrete Therapy
75    John Lofranco: 100 Miles in 7 days
76    Jennifer Houle: Two Poems
78    Melanie Boyd: Two Poems
87    Henry Beissel: Cosmic Auditorium
88    Karen Hofmann: Two Poems 
90    Leif E. Vaage: Two Poems

Reviews 
105   Lynn Davies: That Wily Comrade, Self-Doubt
         First Writes, Various
108   Ruth Roach Pierson: A Rock-Dove of a Rock & Roller
         Radiant Danse uv being, a poetic portrait of bill bissett, Various
111   Steve Noyes: The Elusive Ciphering of Family
         The Work of Mercy, Stephen Guppy
113   Warren Heiti: Walker's Shawl, Weaver's End
         The Ice House, Melissa Walker
         Were the Bees, Andy Weaver
116   Nigel Thomas: A Memorable Sojourn
         The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill

119   Notes on Contributors

Cover
Lucien Freud 
Hotel Bedroom, 1954
91.1 x 24.0 cm, oil on canvas
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery / The Beaverbrook Foundation (in dispute, 2004)