TABLE OF CONTENTS
LEE GUTKIND • From the Editor
NATALIE GOLDBERG • New Century
KEVIN HOLDSWORTH • Money for Nothing

THE BEST OF BREVITY •

DINTY W. MOORE • Introduction
STUART LISHAN • Winter Count
1964 BRET LOTT • Genesis
BRIAN DOLYE • Her Numbers
MAUREEN P. STANTON • Romancing the Light
DEBRA MARQUART • Hochzeit
KATE FLAHERTY • A Brief History of Sex Education
ROBIN HEMLEY • Prince Valiant
GREG BOTTOMS • Sam at the Gun Show
LAURIE LYNN DRUMMOND • Alive
ANJANA BASU • Green Plastic Buckets
INSUK JO • A Bilingual Halloween
KELLY CHERRY • Planet Unflinching
LORI JAKIELA • You'll Love the Way We Fly
SONJA LIVINGSTON • Thumb-Sucking Girl
ALEXIS WIGGINS • My Mother's Tongue
CHERYL MERRILL • Singing Like Yma Sumac
SUE KUSHNER RESNICK • Melting
MICHAEL PERRY • Boat People
LYNN KILPATRICK • The Ugly Friend
DAVID SHIELDS • A Preview of Coming Attractions
BRENDA MILLER • Split
PATRICIA ANN McNAIR • Drink It
LEE MARTIN • Dumber Than
IRA SUKRUNGRUANG • Chop Suey
DINTY W. MOORE • Free Tibet, Man!
REBECCA McCLANAHAN • Loving Bald Men
NICOLE WALKER • Fish
PHILIP GERARD • The Paranoid Nurse
MARCIA ALDRICH • My Mother's Toenails
MATTHEW GAVIN FRANK • Dessert
DAVID OATES • The Slashpile Inventory

DAVID ROMPF • Rock Hounds
FLOYD SKLOOT • Going, Going, Gone
COVER TO COVER • Reviews of New Books

ONLINE RESOURCES:
• MY MOTHER'S TOENAILS
An interview with author Marcia Aldrich
• GREEN PLASTIC BUCKETS
An interview with author Anjana Basu
• SAM AT THE GUN SHOW
An interview with author Greg Bottoms
• PLANET UNFLINCHING
An interview with author Kelly Cherry
• ALIVE
An interview with author Laurie Lynn Drummond
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEX EDUCATION
An interview with author Kate Flaherty
• DESSERT
An interview with author Matthew Gavin Frank
• PRINCE VALIANT
An interview with author Robin Hemley
• MONEY FOR NOTHING
An interview with author Kevin Holdsworth
• YOU'LL LOVE THE WAY WE FLY
An interview with author Lori Jakiela
• THE UGLY FRIEND
An interview with author Lynn Kilpatrick
• WINTER COUNT, 1964
An interview with author Stuart Lishan
• THUMB-SUCKING GIRL
An interview with author Sonja Livingston
• DUMBER THAN
An interview with author Lee Martin
• DRINK IT
An interview with author Patricia Ann McNair
• SINGING LIKE YMA SUMAC
An interview with author Cheryl Merrill
• SPLIT
An interview with author Brenda Miller
• THE SLASHPILE INVENTORY
An interview with author David Oates
• A PREVIEW OF COMING ATTRACTIONS
An interview with author David Shields
• MY MOTHER'S TOUCH
An interview with author Alexis Wiggins