Volume 26 • Issue 2 • 1996 • Fall

Front Matter


Front Matter, The Iowa Review, v.26 no.2, Summer, 1996

1996-07-01 Volume 26 • Issue 2 • 1996 • Fall

Contents


Introduction

David Hamilton

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Entering an American Classroom

M. Carmen Àbrego

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The Melody of Melanin

Cynthia Anglin

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Her References

Rae Armantrout

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There

Rae Armantrout

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Séance

Marita Avila

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After Images

Jannett Bailey

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Drifting

Jannett Bailey

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From "The Book of the Dead Man": About the Dead Man and Bloodlines (#36); More about the Dead Man and Bloodlines; About the Dead Man and the Cardboard Box (#50); More about the Dead Man and the Cardboard Box; About the Dead Man and Taxidermy (#3); More about the Dead Man and Taxidermy

Marvin Bell

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From an Ongoing Interview with Tom Beckett

Charles Bernstein

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The Doll

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

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Bird Passing

Marianne Boruch

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Eyes Contact

Nicole Brossard

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Ghosts

William Carpenter

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TV Men: Artaud

Anne Carson

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From "Border Songs": How Deep Is the River of God?; I Am Waiting; Get Rid of the X; Song of the Giant Calabash

Marilyn Chin

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The Novel

Joshua Clover

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The Map Room

Joshua Clover

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The Catherine Wheel: Durnbach, the Graveyard; Airline Highway, New Orleans; A Girl's Guide to the Saints

Nicole Cooley

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The Standpoints of Janet Death

Clark Coolidge

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From "A Reading"

Beverly Dahlen

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Closer

Robert Dana

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Polyp

Michael Davidson

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Sentences

Michael Davidson

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Named

Toi Derricotte

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Shoe Repair Business

Toi Derricotte

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Why Don't I?

O. F. Diaz-Duque

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Draft 26: M-m-ry

Rachel Blau DuPlessis

1996-07-01 Volume 26 • Issue 2 • 1996 • Fall • 56–58

The Old Queer

Martin Earl

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Road

Martin Earl

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Lilacs

Susan Firer

1996-07-01 Volume 26 • Issue 2 • 1996 • Fall • 61–64

Cue or Starting Point: Bird; Bird; Tree; Cloud; Tree; Bird; Bird; Cloud

Kathleen Fraser

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Generalist Custer My Highway Man My Trucker

Diane Glancy

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The Buff at Red Hart Cafe

Diane Glancy

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Blue House with People, Bill Traylor, Colored Pencil on Cardboard

Diane Glancy

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Caint aint Abel, Pastel on Brown Paper Bag

Diane Glancy

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Untitled Two

Jorie Graham

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The Guardian Angel of "Not Feeling"

Jorie Graham

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Indian Car

Catron Grieves

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Multiplicity

Barbara Guest

1996-07-01 Volume 26 • Issue 2 • 1996 • Fall • 76–78

Ashes, Ashes...

Shelly L. Hall

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From "A Border Comedy"

Lyn Hejinian

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My Rice Queens

Juan Felipe Herrera

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Jute-Boy at the Naturalization Derby

Juan Felipe Herrera

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Busy Week: Being Busy; Very Busy; Really Busy

Brenda Hillman

1996-07-01 Volume 26 • Issue 2 • 1996 • Fall • 101–102

From "Frame Structures"

Susan Howe

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Ecstasy

Erica Hunt

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Starting with A

Erica Hunt

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City of Heaven

Erica Hunt

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