Publisher's Essay
He quivered beneath me, crouching low, eager to leap into full flight at the slightest cue. The sun blazed hot against my back, hot enough that my denim jeans threatened to scald my thighs.
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In This Issue:
Nonfiction Best of Theme
"Coming Together in God's Country"
by Linda Oatman High
The pastoral hamlet of Nickel Mines, a village of 27 households, watched in somber grief as five funeral processions clip-clopped, numbers on buggies displaying the closeness of the loss.
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Fiction Best of Theme
"Findings"
by Ursula K. LeGuin
I look now at my daughter, that strong little woman who sits huddled in a chair for a moment before she gets up again to do more than can be done. I look at her with pity, with admiration, with rage. How beautiful she is! She is as beautiful as my mother was and her daughter will be.
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Reviews Best of Theme
"What Feeds Us"
by Diane Lockward
Poetry reviewed Julie R. Enszer
Fruit, vegetables and other sensuous explorations in Diane Lockward's second collection of poetry.
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Our goals or choices in life are the essence of who we are. When we search out every possibility, removing all personal blocks we are then well on our way to promoting every ability one has. We would love to read how your choices have made you distinctly who you are.
Columns Best of Theme
"Hide and Seek"
by Valerie Wilkinson
I think it was the eyes, damp though they were. Or maybe the smile, even with the quiver. There was something. I'm sure of it. A glimmer, a sparkle, a moment of grateful recognition.
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