Vol. 16, No. 1-2: "Matters of the Spirit" Cover Photo by Sharon M. Carter, "Locked Up" Table of Contents: Editor's Notes Acknowledgments Artists' Bios The Family Corvidae Wynne Huddleston, Crow on My Front Lawn, poem Isadora J. Wagner, Darkwing, fiction   Cultural Geography Anna Balint, Interview with Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, The Poem as Spiritual Exercise Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Moon Chased by Dogs, poem, Spanish/English Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, The Distance, poem, Spanish/English Jean Musser, November In Portugal, poem Food & Culture Jacqueline Haskins, Barefoot Kitchen, essay Nature Writing Cynthia Neely, Birding at the Potholes, poem Odes to Persons, Places & Things Esther Altshul Helfgott, Teaching Crysta Casey, essay Trisha Ready, Crysta Casey, essay Nick Lawson, Philip Larkin, essay M. Anne Sweet, Mary's Song (Ode to Makah Songless Dancer), poem   Poetics Jody Aliesan, The Role of the Poet in Contemporary Culture(s), 1996 essay Rants, Raves & Reviews Scott Sparling, Wire to Wire Reviewed by Kathleen Alcala Leo Tolstoy, How Much Land Does A Man Need Reviewed by Kathleen Alcala Donna Miscolta, When the de la Cruz Family Danced Reviewed by Nilki Benitez Edward Smith, Truth Has Fallen in the Street Reviewed by Jim Bodeen Sarah Zale, The Art of Folding Reviewed by Barbara Bowen Michael Daley, Moonlight in the Redemptive Forest Reviewed by Thomas Hubbard Ralph Salisbury, The Indian Who Bombed Berlin Reviewed by Thomas Hubbard Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, La musa lunatica/The Lunatic Muse Reviewed by Thomas Hubbard Susan Platt, Art and Politics Now Reviewed by Priscilla Long and Elizabeth Myhr Anna Swir, Building The Barricade and other Poems Reviewed by Christopher Miles Peter Blair, Farang Reviewed by Zara Raab George Bilgere, The White Museum Reviewed by Zara Raab Rudy Martin Jr., Seaside Stories Reviewed by Bill Ransom Feature: Matters of the Spirit Elizabeth Alexander, Tenebrae, 1967, fiction Ginny Banks, Three Snapshots, essay Jennifer Berney, We May Walk Alone, essay James Bertolino, Emerging Islands, poem Rajasvini Bhansali, Growing the Jain Way, essay Stefani Christova, The House with Twelve Rooms, fiction Craig Curtis, Wildebeest, fiction Mike Dillon, Really Trying to Pray, But, poem Anita Endrezze, Dreams of Running, poem Susan Erickson, Credo for August, poem Anita Feng, Mind the Steering Wheel, poem Chris Jarmick, Faith, poem Sandra Jensen, The Offering, fiction Sheila Golurgh Johnson, For Peter, poem Lois P. Jones, Planchette, poem Carol Levin, Say No More, poem Jeanne Lohmann, Stripping Down, A Potlatch Poem, poem Michael Magee, Touched, poem Kevin Miller, No Doubt, poem Kay Mullen, The Perfect Stranger, poem Dave Seter, Open Window (Katoomba, Australia), poem Tim Sherry, The Bird Behind Jesus, poem Scott T. Starbuck, Ordinary Grass on Cascade Head, poem James Toupin, The Unrevealed, poem Ruth Whitney, Dark Harbor, poem Art & Artists Ginny Banks: Photographs Joan Bowers: Photographs Sharon M. Carter: Photographs, Front & Back Cover Kayt Hoch: Photograph Lois Jones: Photograph I.H. Kuniyuki: Photographs Nick Lawson: Photograph Deborah McGee: Photographs   E-mail us with comments or inquires at: editors@ravenchronicles.org