SIR 2001 Fall
Contents
Introduction
鈥淥utside the Mirrored Domain鈥�: A Personal Journey 鈥� Jim McGarrah
Poetry
Notes in Autumn 鈥� Bei Ling
A Reminder 鈥� Gzugel Bogomil
Women Buying Sandals 鈥� Lidija Dimkovska
Purple 鈥� Lilijana Dirjan聽
America 鈥� Novica Novakovic
Crinoline 鈥� Paulette Roeske
You Could Call this Misalliance, Baltimore, 1955 鈥� Christopher Brisson
The Mysterious Midwest 鈥� Rane Arroyo聽
Flight 鈥� Kime Cope Tait
The Temptation of the Writer 鈥� Cesare Pavese
Alter Ego 鈥� Cesare Pavese
The Return of Deola 鈥� Cesare Pavese
The House 鈥� Cesare Pavese
Poetical 鈥� Cesare Pavese
Hard Labor 鈥� Cesare Pavese
The Dream 鈥� Cesare Pavese
The Sad Wine 鈥� Cesare Pavese
Creation 鈥� Rick Jackson
Motor Inn Gala Followed by Lurid Tsunamil 鈥� Justin Cain
The Barbarians (Round Two) 鈥� Amir Or
A Glass of Beer 鈥� Amir Or
Falling Thirds 鈥� Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The Memory of B鈥 Dream 鈥� Anjelina Polonskaya聽
The Progress of Europe 鈥� Iztok Osojnik
Writing 鈥� Iztok Osojnik
Fiction
Gusev 鈥� Anton Chekov (A new translation by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh
Husband and Wife 鈥� Frederigo Tozzi (A Translation by Linda Lappin)
Nonfiction
Dissenting Reflections on Memorials, Museums, War, and the Cult of Military 鈥� John Gibson
Fictions of Varying Degrees of Plausibility: Gore Vidal鈥檚 Survey of American History 鈥� Jim Blevins
Balkan Fragments: The Erosion of Na茂ve Memory and its Dangers 鈥� Ales Debeijak
Reviews
The Heart鈥檚 Shrapnel 鈥� Cynthia Roth
Fantasy and Obsession in Victoria Redel鈥檚 Loverboy 鈥� Melanie Culbertson
Art/Photography
Apoala Valley 鈥� Michael Aakhus
Sphinx at Fountainbleau 鈥� Carolyn Roth
Writing Students with Rick Jackson 鈥� James McGarrah
Celebrating Pongal Andhra Pradesh, India 鈥� Charles Barber
Studio of Barbara Hepworth 鈥� Charles Barber
Waterfall, Apoala Valley 鈥� Michael Aakhus
Untitled 鈥� Ying Xue Zuo
Private Rooms 鈥� Carolyn Roth
Perception 鈥� Joseph Uduehi
Untitled 鈥� Xing Xue Zuo
Iztok Osojnik 鈥� Jim McGarrah
Market, San Christobal 鈥� Michael Aakhus
Mochimilco Water Gardens, Mexico City 鈥� Michael Aakhus
Memorial Monument, Wesham, Lancashire 鈥� John Gibson
Untitled 鈥� Joseph Uduehi
Door, San Christobal 鈥� Michael Aakhus