1 2 36 1 riprap journal Riprap Journal is published annually by CSU Long Beach Department of English, Riprap California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90840 Address any inquiries to
[email protected] For more information, including contributor guidelines: www.csulb.edu/english/riprapjournal Riprap Journal is printed by: University Print Shop California State University, Long Beach 1250 Bellflower Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90840 Riprap Journal Copyright © 2014 Long Beach, California All rights revert to contributors upon publication 2 editing credits Editor-in-Chief: Zach Mann Art Director/Graphic Designer: Brian Mark Poetry Editors: Shane Eaves Ramsey Mathews Nonfiction Editors: Matthew Ramelb Olivia Somes Fiction Editors: Joseph Hernandez Cassady Ozimec Contributing Editors: Blair Ashton, Olivier Bochettaz, Nate Catbagan, Marcus Clayton, David Diaz, Casandra Hernandez Rios, Kylee Hoelscher, Juliet Johnson, Jordan Khajavipour, Mary Kinard, Taylor Mims, Renee Moulton, Chase Selby, Michelle Slieff, AJ Urquidi Cover Image: Mark Lovejoy Cover Design: Brian Mark Faculty Advisers: Stephen Cooper Rafael Zepeda 3 table of contents Poetry Holly Painter, Edwin’s Friday Night 8 Conor McNamara, K-Town 11 Megan Grant, I remember, I remember 12 Brian Clifton, Landscape With Dead Fish 14 Daniel Hudon, Selected Prose Poems from Eulogies for Dead Species 15 Christopher Buckley, Penury, Politics, & the Uncertainty Principle 27 Hannah Huff, Sugar Cane 30 Curtis Harrell, Insurance Trilogy 31 Juliet Johnson, Apoptosis