Table of Contents

Pockets of Resistance--Catherine Foulkrod How to Send Things to Germany--Nell Zink The Divine Inspiration of Jim Jones--Adam Morris "Abstract Expressionism": a new poem--Andrew Nurkin The Confidence Man--Gary Greenberg "Shooting Possums from the Back Porch of Roger's Bar": a new poem--Michael McGriff What's in a Necronym?--Jeannie Vanasco A Common Language--Kristina Shevory Descending Night--Elisabeth Donnelly (Untitled)--Mary Mann "Comics"-- edited by Alvin Buenaventura El Vocho: A Familiar Subject--Alvaro Enrigue What the Swedes Read--Daniel Handler The Eleventh Annual Believer Book Award: Short List Robert Coover interviewed by Aaron Shulman "Canary": a new poem--Rae Armantrout Schema: Top 100 US Drug Brand Names--Shoshana Akabas The Fifth Annual Believer Poetry Award: Short List Paul Holdengraber interviewed by Lane Koivu Jimmy Robert interviewed by Jude Stewart Symposium: A discussion on (mostly) books as they relate to the theme of wildlife. Tim Sheedy on the orangutan, Donna Kozloskie on the rising floodwaters, Megan Pugh on a poetic doomsday prophecy, Monica Westin on vegetal being, and Bijan Stephen on spillover. Elizabeth LeCompte interviewed by Hillar Liitoja Amber Tamblyn interviewed by Rachel Matlow Charles Yu interviewed by Lev Grossman

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