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FICTION POETRY CRITICISM ART Kathleen Aponick Walter Bargen Tina Barr Christian Barter Robert Bense Eileen Berry Rebecca Black Susan Briante Nadia Herman Colburn James Doyle Shannon Doyne Tony D'Souza Beth Ann Fennelly Charles Freeland Kenneth Frost John Gallaher Geoffrey Gardner John Gery Mark W. Halperin TRAVEL John Hennessy Catherine Kasper Philip Kobylarz Dale M. Kushner Stacey Levine William Logan David Matlin Jill McDonough Peter Michelson Patrick Moran Linda Lancione Moyer G.E. Murray Martin Ott Robert Parham TRAVELING Elise Partridge 2002 summer NO. 14 John Peck Kathryn Rantala Peter Robinson John J. Ronan Michael Salcman Neil Shepard Richard Spilman The Notre Dame Review, continuing the Donna Baier Stein Lisa M. Steinman journey at www.nd.edu/~ndr/review.htm, Robert Stewart number 14 Marcela Sulak summer 2002 where you’ll find more interviews, poetry, Arturo Vivante $8 u.s. Daniel Weissbort fiction, and authors reading from their work. Tony Whedon $9.50 canada NOTRE DAME REVIEW NOTRE DAME REVIEW NUMBER 14 Editors John Matthias William O'Rourke Senior Editor Steve Tomasula Founding Editor Valerie Sayers Managing Editor Editorial Assistants Michael G. Richards Jenny Boully Jenny Bryant John Dethloff Contributing Editors Nora Edwards Matthew Benedict David Ewald Gerald Bruns Elizabeth Fredericks Seamus Deane Chris Gerben Stephen Fredman Justin Haynes Sonia Gernes Tina Kubasta Orlando Menes Wei Liu Jere Odell Shannon O'Keefe Kymberly Taylor Haywood Joanna Philbin James Walton Jon Readey Henry Weinfield Sara Swanson Charles Valle The Notre Dame Review is published semi-annually. Subscriptions: $15 (individuals) or $20 (institutions) per year or $250 (sustainers). Single Copy price: $8. Distributed by Ubiquity Distributors, Brooklyn, NY; Media Solutions, Huntsville, Alabama; Ingram Periodicals, LaVergne, Tennessee; and International Periodical Distributors, Solana Beach, California. 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CONTENTS Africa Unchained story ................................................................................................ 1 Tony D'Souza By the New Waters of Europe; The Belief of a Belief poetry ...................................................................................... 13 William Logan A Guidebook to the Beautiful People; A Guidebook to the Eternal Verities poetry ........................................................ 16 John Gallaher Sienna poetry .................................................................................................................. 20 Neil Shepard Saint Petersburg to Moscow Train poetry ........................................................... 22 Mark W. Halperin Morning in the Suk poetry......................................................................................... 23 Eileen Berry The World of Barry story ........................................................................................... 24 Stacey Levine Official Habits poetry ................................................................................................... 27 Peter Michelson In Out 0 story ................................................................................................................ 37 David Matlin Cards Celebrating Arbor Day poetry ..................................................................... 79 Philip Kobylarz Around the Well poetry .............................................................................................. 80 James Doyle Santorini Sabbath; Soldier, Dalmatian Coast, 1992 poetry ............................................................... 81 Linda Lancione Moyer Iphigenia poetry............................................................................................................ 83 Donna Baier Stein Ovid’s Grave; Nightwatch poetry ....................................................................................................... 85 Tony Whedon The Lost World of the Aegean poetry .................................................................. 89 Christian Barter The Purpose of Jewelry poetry Red Land, Black Land prose ...................................................................................... 91 Tina Barr The Train North; Titian's Last Painting; The Unlabeled Dead poetry .................................................................................... 100 Michael Salcman from M2 poetry ........................................................................................................... 103 John Peck Solitude story ............................................................................................................... 114 Arturo Vivante The Plan poetry ............................................................................................................ 121 Geoffrey Gardner No Theory; Eclipse, Again, poetry ............................................................................................... 123 Robert Stewart Ghost Watch poetry .................................................................................................... 126 Patrick Moran The Alchemist at the Frame Restorer’s; Volterra with Two Lines from Campana; On Cumberland poetry ............................................................................................. 128 Rebecca Black August; Constantine poetry .................................................................................................... 132 Jill McDonough The Object of Cross-Country Driving poetry .................................................... 134 Lisa M. Steinman New Orleans, Road Map, Filigree poetry ............................................................ 137 Susan Briante Buy One, Get Three Free: a Midwestern Poem poetry...................................................................................... 138 Beth Ann Fennelly Stated Wine poetry ..................................................................................................... 141 Walter Bargen Closer to Home; Pavanes for S poetry.................................................................................................. 143 Robert Bense Hazardous Invasion poetry ..................................................................................... 147 Kenneth Frost NDR Encounters: A Conversation with Rikki Ducornet interview........................................................................................... 148 Shannon Doyne and Steve Tomasula Doors poetry .................................................................................................................. 154 Martin Ott I Will Be Fine in Finland; The Moai, Easter Island poetry ............................................................................... 155 Kathryn Rantala Aerialist; Persistence poetry ....................................................................................................... 157 Kathleen Aponick Open Season; Blue poetry ..................................................................................................................... 161 Dale M. Kushner Writing His Own Life poetry ................................................................................... 163 Charles Freeland Chronicle of Choices poetry..................................................................................... 165 G.E. Murray Kinesthesia poetry ....................................................................................................... 166 Richard Spilman Philosophical Arguments; Gnomic Verses from the Anglo-Saxon poetry .................................................. 167 Elise Partridge The Puzzle; Casavecchia poetry ...................................................................................................... 170 John J. Ronan Writing in Spite of Borges poetry ......................................................................... 172 Robert Parham My Son’s Lost Languages poetry ............................................................................ 173 John Hennessy Cythera poetry .............................................................................................................. 174 Nadia Herman Colburn What the Traveler Said; Comforts of Home poetry ........................................................................................ 175 Marcela Sulak Something Like His Own Language review....................................................... 177 Daniel Weissbort With a Great Wealth on My Tongue review ..................................................... 186 John Gery Grasses Standing: Selected Poems review ......................................................... 191 Catherine Kasper Early Retirement review ........................................................................................... 195 Peter Robinson Delbanco’s Re/Collecting review .......................................................................... 202 Michael G. Richards Editors Select............................................................................................................