Masthead
EDITOR
Ann Neelon
FICTION EDITOR
Dale Ray Phillips
ADVISORY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Squire Babcock
Carrie Jerrell
Martin Roper
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Jim Bryant
MANAGING EDITOR
Jacque E. Day
MFA EDITORIAL BOARD
Jonathan Ashley
Jolene Barto
Nora Hall Burton
Carrie Gaffney
Shannon Hall
Barbara A. Lee
Christopher J. Lessick
Megan Scholl Lindberg
Gretchen M. Oberle
Chet Weise
WEBSITE DESIGN
Tony Powell
Cover Art, Front and Back
Sant Khalsa
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction by Ann Neelon
Mistake
poem by Mario Chard
Parable of My Father and Migrants
poem by Mario Chard
Back West We Irrigate, Which Is to Say
poem by Mario Chard
In the Water
story by Teresa Milbrodt
Flood
poem by Ruth Goring
Ride
poem by Ruth Goring
Reading by Riverlight
poem by Jennifer Atkinson
Taps on the Forehead
story by Scott Gould
Salvage
poem by Karen Holmberg
Nocturne with Mysterious Leak
poem by Matthew Nienow
Spring Thaw
poem by Matthew Nienow
The Inner Circle
poem by Matthew Nienow
Ships in the Desert
essay by Jeff Fearnside
photos by Kristian Ansand Walter
Midwesterner
poem by Anthony Opal
The Sky Holds Darkness
poem by Anthony Opal
The One Who Gets Away
poem by Nikki Zielinski
Emzara, After the Flood
poem by Nikki Zielinski
Underwater
poem by Peter F. Murphy
Say Water & Memory
poem by Randall Horton
The District's Park
poem by Randall Horton
When They Cross the Bridge
poem by Randall Horton
Dear Etheridge Knight
poem by Randall Horton
It Used to Be Called Casino Magic
essay by Ellen Ann Fentress
The Attributes of Water
story by Deborah Bauer
Book Reviews
Citrus County
by John Brandon
reviewed by Jolene Barto
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
by Aimee Bender
reviewed by Shannon Hall
Breaking Into the Backcountry
by Steve Edwards
reviewed by Carrie Gaffney
Embryos & Idiots
by Larissa Szporluk
reviewed by Chet Weise
Nashville Chrome
by Rick Bass
reviewed by Jonathan Ashley
Strangers in America
by Erika Meyers
reviewed by Christopher J. Lessick
Sag Harbor
by Colson Whitehead
reviewed by Barbara A. Lee
The Good Soldiers
by David Finkel
reviewed by Megan Scholl Lindberg
The Haunted House
by Marisa Crawford
reviewed by Gretchen M. Oberle
A Mountain of Crumbs
by Elena Gorokhova
reviewed by Nora Hall Burton
Contributors' Notes
Reviewers
Cover Art
Artist's Statement
Western Waters
by Sant Khalsa
Photographs
from Western Waters
by Sant Khalsa
About the Artist
Sant Khalsa