Vol. 12, No. 2: "Obsessions"
Several times a year we create an online Raven which mirrors our print issue(s). This is a condensed, excerpted version of our print issue. Our online magazine also features work (like Art Attack) unique to our web site and not found in print anywhere.
Table of Contents: OBSESSIONS
Raven NotesPublisher's Notes 03
Erratum, Credits 96
Artists' Bios 95
Food & Culture
John Akins 32 Food on a Plate , Poem
Mapping The Terrain
Stephen Thomas 04 Dreamland , Essay, Letter From Bohemia
David Massengill 08 Break from Baghdad , Flash fiction, pictures from The Front
John S. Weeren 09 The Playing Field , Fiction, the Runner
Deborah J. Taffa 56 Black Metal Magic , Fiction, from a novel set in 1910
Memorials
John Thompson 20 Help Wanted , Fiction, the one that got away
Rick Kemp 27 Memories of a Father , Creative Non-Fiction, stopping between...
Michael Hureaux 97 For Louise , Poem, remembering Louise Dovell
The Northwest
Polly Buckingham 33 Burial , Fiction, excerpt from Long White Robe
Poetics
Laurie Blauner 15 The Fictive Self , Fiction, catching language
Feature: Obsessions
Erin M. Fristad 21 In The Bedroom , Poem
Lorri Lambert-Smith 31 Rush , Poem
Kevin Frazier 38 The Secret Skills of , Stewart Sanders , Fiction, fingering scabs
Knute Skinner 39 A Last Sight , Poem
Rodger Moody 43 The Novice , Poem
John Olson 44 The Night I Dropped Shakespeare On The Cat, Prose Poem
Kevin Miller 46 For Robert, Home Depot Poet , Poem
Monica Schley 47 The Musicians , Poem
Four Poems & Paintings from Each Scar A Broken Arc, A Literary and Visual Art Collaboration:
Craig Van Riper 48 That's How It Was , Poem, & painting by Suzanne Brooker
Craig Van Riper 49 To Befool Or Not To Be , Poem, & painting by Suzanne Brooker
Craig Van Riper 50 Judgment Again , Poem, & painting by Suzanne Brooker
Craig Van Riper 51 All Relative Man , Poem, & painting by Suzanne Brooker
Sunil Hariani 52 Secrets of Isis , Fiction, reaching Shilea
Laura Sheahen 55 Ballad for Vengeance , Poem
Diane Elayne Dees 60 When I Sailed With The Queen , Fiction, Sail Thou Forth, Bette Davis
Donald Levering 67 The Wind That Is Always Holy , Poem
Annette M. Rodriguez 68 Predawn Beauty , Fiction, facing bacteria: Necrotizing Faciitis
Rachel Harrington 76 Emptyroom , Fiction, the hardest room to let
Karen Franklin 78 Frame of Mind , Fiction, the minefield
Molly Norris 80 Identity & Fetish: A Critical Look at Studio Practice , Essay, the articulator
Elana Zaiman 88 On Turning Gray , Essay, drawing the line
Sharon Reitman 92 What A Man Deserves , Fiction, the Lord's work
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