Table of Contents
15 October 2011
Volume 4, Number 1
Poetry & Arts in San Antonio
Letter from the Editors
Mo H Saidi & James Brandenburg
Featured Poem
“Gruene, Texas: at the River”
by Marian Haddad
A Poet Deals with Breast Cancer
Redefining Beauty
by Karla K. Morton
Featured Interview
Questions for Robert Bonazzi
Interviewed by Mo H Saidi
Encountering John Howard Griffin
A Remembrance by Robert Bonazzi
Cover Page Art
Carole Minton—A San Antonio Painter
Collaboration in Literature & Arts
Creative Writing Reading Series
Lucy, Ardi, and the Rest of Our Family Tree
by James R. Adair
I’m Not Sure the Cherry Is “The Loveliest of Trees”
by Wendy Barker
News & Views
We Really Shouldn’t Be Killing People
by H. Palmer Hall
Books and Reviews
from Chautauqua Institution Writers and Poets
C.G. Jung and Arts
The Golden Bird (Continued)
by Al Drymala
Poems for 9/11
Wislawa Szymborska, Jacks Blue, Billy Collins
Graphic Arts & Photography
Photography of Ramin Samandari
At the McNay Museum
George Nelson Modern Furniture
Shakespeare at Sondheim
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Orient Expressed
Cassatt and the Orient
Art + Present
Healing & Arts
Art-Making:
Journaling on the Margin
by Maripat Munley
Select Poems—Part I: Youth Poems
Kenya Barientes, Kari Shea Browning,
Christian B. Gonzalez, Hannah Jarzombek
Select Poems—Part II: Youth Poems
Katherine Mansfield, Kara Pilaczynski,
Asya Mazmanjan, Consuelo Esters, Cacilia Saez
Select Poems—Part III
Mary Anne Morefield, Tatjana Debeljacki,
Ian James, Felicia Lujan, Alex Millard
Poems from Voices Editors
James R. Adair, Mo H Saidi, Lou Taylor
Select Poems—Part IV: International Poems
Pedro M. Madrid M., Gavriel Paretz,
Hejo Müller, Maria Gabriela Madrid, Pablo Neruda
Select Poems—Part V: More Youth Poems
Jesus Arreola, Bailee Hauck, William Levay,
Lilah Kalista Qubrosi, Peyton Cole Eichman
Select Poems—Part VI
Philip C. Kolin, Margot Van Sluytman,
Charlie Whipple, Clyta Coder
Poetry Therapy
“From the Pavilion of Green and White Porcelain”
by Catherine-Grace Patrick
“Live to Write to Live” / “Inherit the Skin”
“Someone somewhere way back when (little old me)”
by William Z. Saunders
Poetry & Dreams
Poetry, Dreams, and Interpretation ~ James Brandenburg
“Eye of the Storm” and “Stained Glass”
Painting by David Drymala
Healing through Art and Poetry
Tasha Marlin, Maria Alonzo, Janie Alonzo,
Peter Holland, Jodi Ierien, Don Mathis,
Milo Kearney, Vivian Kearney
Sagebrush Review: UTSA’s Literary & Art Journal
“Holes” by Michelle Neuman
“Oranges” by Megan Wallace
More Editors’ Poems
Valerie Martin Bailey, James Brandenburg,
Joan Seifert, Josie Mixon
Short Prose
“The Short Tail of the Dollar” by Valerie Katz
“Science” by Bob Ross
“Atticus Finch Was a Lousy Lawyer” by Jay Brandon
“Freeze Frame” by Fred Zirm
“It’s Not Easy Being Green” by Carol Coffee Reposa
“A Perfectly Splendid Time: Female Culpability in the Civil War” by Pat Carr
Short Fiction
“Daniel Cochran: A Tale of Youth” by Dave Northrup
The Persian Marchers: A Novel
Mo H Saidi (Chapters 9-10)
Small Press Feature
Notes & Videos / Reviews & Books
Our Sponsors
Poetry & Art Events in San Antonio
In Memoriam: Peter McKinnon, 1958-2011
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