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THE TALL WOMAN short story by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón Read [public domain reprint, 2005 || Iberian Edition] JUMBIE FROM BORDEAUX short story by Celeste Rita Baker Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] THE STORY short story by Rajeev Balasubramanyam Read [2006 || International Edition] THE DEADLY KISS short story by Anjana Basu Read [2001] THE MAPMAKER short story by Brandy Bauer Read [2000] HER FEELINGS FOR HIM flash fiction by Ellen Behrens Read [2006 || Romantic Edition] THE LINGERING DEATH OF EAMON PATTERSON short story by Peter Damian Bellis Read [reprint, 2000] THE REMEMBERER short story by Aimee Bender Read [reprint, 2004] THE WORKS OF ALFONSO REAL short story by Joe Benevento Read [reprint, 2001] MY FATHER'S MINOTAUR short story by Stephen Benz Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] DEERCAT short story by James Bertolino Read [2000] THE STORM JAR flash fiction by Jodi Bingaman Read [2004] BEAUTIFUL THINGS short story by Jacqueline Bishop Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] WE MISSED YOU short story by Wyatt Bonikowski Read [2002] MOTHER'S MILK: A DAIRY TALE flash fiction by Gayle Brandeis Read [reprint, 2002] TREES flash fiction by John Branseum Read [2005] CURIOSITY flash fiction by John Briggs Read [2004] TWO MEN DO NOT DREAM THE SAME DREAM short story by Ewing Campbell Read [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] SALAMAT SO LONG short story by Cantara Christopher Read [reprint, 2002] THE HOMELY CHILD short story by Richard Cody Read [2001] THE VIRTUES OF CLEANLINESS short story by A.D. Conrad Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] BIRTHING STONES short story by Paolo da Costa Read [reprint, 2003] THE FOOL • SILENCE OF THE GRAVE [Double Feature] flash fictions by Paolo da Costa Read [reprints, 2005 || Iberian Edition] BIG BROWN BAG short story by Mark D'Anna Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] MARRYING THE VEIL short story by Kathleen DeGrave Read [2005] THE LANGUAGE OF SNAILS flash fiction by Marcia Douglas Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] THE SAD ORANGES OF POLAND flash fiction by Tony Dowler Read [2006 || EarthWords] THE MISSING SCROLL short story by Christopher Kritwise Doyle Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] ABILENE flash fiction by Dorothea Duenow Read [reprint, 2004] ECLIPSE short story by Lawrence Dunning Read [2000] THE MERMAID OF ORCHARD BEACH short story by Janice Eidus Read [reprint, 2002] BOILED HIM flash fiction by Normandi Ellis Read [2002] HOSPITALITY flash fiction by Margarita Engle Read [2005] LUPE VARGA, DECEASED short story by Brian Evenson Read [reprint, 2003] DREAMER FOR HIRE flash fiction by Erin Fristad Read [2005] DIALOGUE WITH VULTURES short story by Eduardo García Aguilar Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] CHRISTMAS TREE STORY short story by William Gibson Read [2005 || Spirituality Edition] EVA ON EARTH short story by Shelley Gillespie Read [2005] TAKING SHELTER short story by Richard Jay Goldstein Read [2005 || Spirituality Edition] WONDERFUL SPARES short story by G.L. Grey Read [2005] LATE short story by Atar Hadari Read [2000] THE 5:22 short story by George Harrar Read [reprint, 2001] THE BICYCLE FABLE short story by Anna Harrington Read [2005] THE ARCHITECTURAL GENIUS flash fiction by Barbara Jacksha Read [reprint, 2006 || Domesticities Edition] WAY TO A MAN'S HEART flash fiction by Barbara Jacksha Read [reprint, 2006 || Romantic Edition] FULL FATHOM FIVE short story by Gaye Jee Read [reprint, 2002] CONSTANCA'S WAR WITH THE ELEMENTS short story by Darrell Kastinovich Read [2006 || EarthWords Edition] BURNING MARY short story by Sondra Kelly-Green Read [2005 || Spirituality Edition] CRASHING short story by Sondra Kelly-Green Read [2002] NOW SHOWING short story by Sondra Kelly-Green Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] BLACK-WINGED ANGELS short story by Monica Kilian Read [2005] THE BOY WHO STAYED OUTSIDE short story by Kathryn Kulpa Read [2005] THE VIRGIN OF LAST RESORT short story by Kathryn Kulpa Read [2001] IVAN EVANOCHICK'S LAST CONFESSION short story by Kathryn Kusiak Read [2001] MOURNING RAIN short story by Laura Lambros Read [2006 || EarthWords Edition] SMOKES short story by A.J. LeFlahec Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] FRAGMENTS OF A HISTORY prose selection by Maria De Los Angeles Lemus Read [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] THE LUCITE HANDBAG short story by J. Robert Lennon Read [reprint, 2001] FRUITBOOKS flash fiction by Ellen Lindquist Read [reprint, 2005] CECILIA short story by Laura Loomis Read [2004] CEREMONY flash fiction by Sandra Maddux-Creech Read [2004] FOR SALE flash fiction by Lianne Mercer Read [reprint, 2001] THE EGG short story by Peggy Munson Read [2000] THE BLOOD CAKE VENDOR short story by J.L. Navarro Read [reprint, 2002] BLUE PLATE SPECIAL short story by Ozzie Nogg Read [2002] EL NINO short story by Dorene O'Brien Read [2000] BIAFRA short story by Nnedimma Okorafor-Mbachu Read [2005] THE PALM TREE BANDIT short story by Nnedimma Okorafor-Mbachu Read [reprint, 2002] AFTER THE REVOLUTION short story by Daniel Olivas Read [2005] ZOMBI, YOU MY LOVE short story by William Orem Read [reprint, 2006 || Romantic Edition] GRANDE VIA • THE GREAT STREET short story by Anna Maria Ortese ~ translation by Henry Martin Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] BUTTERFLY GIRL • MOTHER, MACHINE • THE WINE OF ASTONISHMENT short stories by Mary Overton [reprint, 2001] FARMER'S MARKET short story by Jon Picciuolo Read [2005] A SHADOW IN POUGHKEEPSIE short story by Reggie Poche Read [reprint, 2005] TUXEDO BIRD SPRING short story by Robert Pope Read [2002] WITHOUT WINGS short story by Lia Scott Price Read [reprint, 2002] THE BOY WHO BREATHED WATER short story by Alicita Rodriguez Read [2006 || Romantic Edition] DON YSIDRO flash fiction by Bruce Holland Rogers Read [reprint, 2005] A GIFT FOR BROTHER COYOTE flash fiction by Larri Ann Rosser Read [2004] NEMESIS short story by Garrett Rowlan Read [2005] VIEWFINDER short story by Garrett Rowlan Read [2005] ANDREW CHOW'S BAKERY short story by John Ryan Read [2005] OBSIDIAN short story by Susan San Miguel Read [2000] SPENT EARTH short story by Catherine Scherer Read [2000] CHICKEN SCRATCH short story by Lois Schlegel Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] MADAM'S CURSE short story by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2002] THE QUESTION REMAINED short story by Erik Sheldon Read [2006 || Romantic Edition] THE FRIDGE flash fiction by Isabelle Sojfer Read [2002] SUNKISSED short story by Sandi Sonnenfeld Read [2000] FIELD short story by Anne Spollen Read [2000] RAILROAD BILL: A TALE flash fiction by Jodee Stanley Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] THE CHRISTENING OF ALONSO short story by Jan Steckel Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] THE BAKER short story by Bruce Taylor Intro Read [reprint, 2002] THE COAT short story by Bruce Taylor Intro Read [reprint, 2002] THE FIRST, LAST AND ONLY PAINTING OF PABLO CASO short story by Bruce Taylor Read [reprint, 2004] GINA IS IN TROUBLE short story by Girija Tropp Read [2004] THE HAUNTING OF THOMAS LONGBULL short story by Wayne Ude Read [reprint, 2001]
WHEN POEMS WALTZ WITH PAINTINGS, WHO LEADS? review of Sage Goodwin and Rufus Goodwin's Souvenirs of a Century: Magical Realism by an American Original and Son by Kelli Russell Agodon Read [2004] THE GIRL IN THE TREE: ON RE-READING GREEN MANSIONS essay by Kathleen Alcalá Read [2005] EVERYBODY DID IT review of Mia Couto's Under the Frangipani by Aaron Bady Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] CAN YOU HAVE MAGICAL REALISM WITHOUT BORGES? SHANNIN SCHROEDER SAYS YES review of Shannin Schroeder's Rediscovering Magical Realism in the Americas by Joe Benevento Read [2005] MAYAI—WAZIRI WA MARADHI: MAGIC REALISM IN EUPHRASE KEZILAHABI'S LONG TIME UNPUBLISHED STORY article by Elena Bertoncini-Zúbková Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] THERE IS NOTHING BUT MAGIC: FRANZ WRIGHT ON POETRY AS MAGIC interview by Wyatt Bonikowski Read [2002] WHEN THE ELEPHANTS DANCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH TESS URIZA HOLTHE interview by Michelle Caswell Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] POETRY IS A WAY OF REACHING OUT TO WHAT IS REACHING FOR YOU lecture by Michelle Cliff Read [reprint, 2005] MAGICAL REALISM: A NECESSARY CONFUSION || MAGICAL REALISM AND ITS MEANINGS: A NOT SO NECESSARY CONFUSION [point/counterpoint debate] Bainard Cowan v. G.S. Evans Read [reprint, 2004] DEPARTURES FROM FLOOR 7½: A VOYEURISTIC ESCAPE HATCH review of the film Being John Malkovich by Susan Deefholts Read [2001] DOUBLED LIVES AND INVERSIONS: THE TWOWAY MIRROR THAT IS 'VERONIQUE' review of the film The Double Life of Veronique by Susan Deefholts Read [2004] HAZARDING CHANCE: READING ANGELA CARTER'S WISE CHILDREN serialized interpretive analysis by Susan Deefholts Read [2002] HOW TO WED, BED AND BEHEAD: 1001 NIGHTS IN THREE HOURS review of the TV series Arabian Nights by Susan Deefholts Read [2001] THIS IS NOT THE FABLE YOU REMEMBER: A COMMON CULTURAL MYTH FALLS INTO DARK NEW CAVITIES review of Graham Joyce's The Tooth Fairy by Susan Deefholts Read [2004] WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD? A BILDUNGSROMAN FOR A COMIC BOOK HERO review of the film Unbreakable by Susan Deefholts Read [2001] THE FROGCHILD IN A KINGDOM BY THE SEA review of Robert Antoni's Divina Trace by Gustavo Perez Firmat Read [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] CRITICAL POINTS • FAVAL'S VISION • VANDLING UND HANDLING 3 essays by Zelda Leah Gatuskin Read [reprints, 2001] WITH BORGES review of Alberto Manguel's With Borges by Ian Hanington Read [reprint, 2004] THE TRUE WORLD: WHEN CONSENSUAL REALITY IS NOT ENOUGH [point/counterpoint lecture transcript] Adrianne Harun v. Gina Ochsner Read [2005] ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE: IN RECOGNITION OF THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY article by Jeff K. Hill Read [reprint, 2002] THE POLITICS OF DREAMING: OF CORRIDORS ENDLESS AND IDENTICAL review of Ismail Kadare's Palace of Dreams by Jeff K. Hill Read [2001] ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK: THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT PAULINE BUILT essay by Pauline Holdstock Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] LITERARY PARADISE essay by Randy Jones Read [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] THE DUENDE: THEORY AND DIVERTISSEMENT essay by Federico Garcia Lorca Read [public domain reprint, 2005 || Iberian Edition] THE HIDALGO AT HIS FIRESIDE: A TOUR OF ALCALA DE HENARES, HOME OF CERVANTES travel essay by Adelaida Lucena de Lower Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] OPENING FLOODGATES: IVO TRAJKOV'S EASTERN EUROPEAN MAGICAL REALISM review of the film The Great Water by Wade Major Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD: MAGICAL REALISM AS NATURAL PATHWAY TO WOMANHOOD critical article by Devona Mallory Read [2006 || Women's History Month] LAST RITES FOR MAGIC REALISM commentary by Robert McCrum Read [reprint, 2004] FRACTURING THE ZIONIST NARRATIVE literary analysis by Dr. Alan Mintz Read [reprint, 2005 || Spirituality Edition] CRITICISM: MORMON MAGIC REALISM blog essays by William Morris Read [reprint, 2005, Spirituality Edition] MAGICAL REALISM AT WORLD'S END essay by Michael Valdez Moses Read [reprint, 2002] A GHOST TOUR IN BEAUFORT, SC creative nonfiction by Sheila Nickerson Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] VISIT TO FUNCHAL, MADEIRA creative nonfiction by Sheila Nickerson Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] CAPTURING THE UNTRANSLATABLE: SAUDADE'S FRUSTRATING BEAUTY review of Katherine Vaz's Saudade by Oona Patrick Read [2002] THE FATAL WEIGHT OF MEMORY: DISCOVERING PORTUGAL'S ANTUNES review of Antonio Lobo Antunes' The Natural Order of Things by Oona Patrick Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] GROUNDED MAGICAL REALISM: OR, HOW TO FLY A KITE ALONG THE EDGE OF A DRIFTING CONTINENT review of Jose Saramago's The Stone Raft by Oona Patrick Read [2001] NOTES FROM THE WORD SCRATCHER: PATRICK CHAMOISEAU reviews of Patrick Chamoiseau's Texico and Solibo Magnificent by Oona Patrick Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] THE PAST AS BAD DREAM: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, SOMETIMES IT'S FOR THE BETTER review of João de Melo's My World is Not of this Kingdom by Oona Patrick Read [2004] TONI MORRISON'S SONG OF SOLOMON: DEPICTIONS OF CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE AS MAGICAL REALIST TECHNIQUE article by David Pendery Read [2006 || Women's History Month] FABULOUSLY REAL essay by William Pierce Read [reprint, 2005] CHRISTOPHER PRIESTS'S FAVORITE SLIPSTREAM BOOKS article by Christopher Priest Read [reprint, 2004] A ROUGH GUIDE TO THE REST OF THE MARKETS article by Bruce Holland Rigers Read [reprint, 2004] ABSENCE, PRESENCE AND MAGICAL REALISM review of Dannye Romine Powell's The Ecstasy of Regret by Marjorie Rommel Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] CARIBBEAN MAGICAL REALISM: A DISTILLED MAGIC? essay by Garrett Rowlan Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] CORTAZAR'S REALITY: ANOTHER KIND OF MAGIC essay by Garrett Rowlan Read [2001] MAGICAL REALISM AND FILM: DEGRADING THE IMAGE essay by Garrett Rowlan Read [2006] SARAMAGO'S OTHERS essay by Garrett Rowlan Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] SONGS FROM AN URBAN MERMAID: JANICE EIDUS, 'AS IT COULD BE' interview by Thaddeus Rutkowski Read [2002] N. SCOTT MOMADAY: NATIVE AMERICA'S PRAGMATIC MAGICAL REALIST review of N. Scott Momaday's The Man Made Out of Words by Boria Sax Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] RECONSIDERING THE ORIGINS OF TIBETAN MAGICAL REALISM: LO REAL MARAVILLOSO AND MAGICAL REALISM IN TASHI DAWA essay by Patricia Schiaffini Read [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] AMERICAN TOP FORTY: MAGICAL REALISM'S LEADING LADIES (AN INCOMPLETE LIST) article by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2006 || Women's History Month] THE BEAUTY OF 'TORMENT': NEW STORYTELLING FRONTIERS FROM PAULO DA COSTA digital recording review by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] DANCING FOR THE CONQUERED AND THE SLAIN: VEDETTE, A FLAMENCO HEROINE FOR OUR TIMES review of Stephen Siciliano's Vedette by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] DISTORTION COMES FROM THE TRUTH: JUST ASK AIMEE BENDER interview by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004] DREAM TRIBUTE TO PESSOA: TABUCCHI'S REQUIEM review of Antonio Tabucchi's Requiem by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] EMERGING POET SERIES ~ INTRODUCING: CAROLYN MOORE feature by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005] FIRST DANCE WITH PETER DAMIEN BELLIS: TOWARD A NORTH AMERICAN MAGICAL REALISM interview by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2000] GLIMPSING ALL THAT LIES BENEATH: HERMINE MEINHARD, ORGANIC PRACTITIONER OF DUENDE interview by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004] HALF A CENTURY LATER, THE LEAF STORM'S STILL BLOWING retrospective by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005] HAPPILY LIVING IN MYSTERY: FRANK X. GASPAR'S NATURAL FAMILIARITY WITH THE MAGICAL interview by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] HEROINES IN BLUE STOCKINGS: MAGICAL REALISM'S DEBT TO AMERICA'S FEMALE SCHOLARS Industry Reports (column) by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2006 || Women's History Month] IF YOU COULD PICK ONE BOOK… A STUDENT'S QUEST ENDS, THEN BEGINS AGAIN review of Young and Hollaman's Magical Realist Fiction by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2001] IMAGINATIVE FICTION: EXTREME FICTION'S DELICIOUSLY PERILOUS LANDSCAPE review of Hemley and Marton's Extreme Fiction: Fabulists and Formalists by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004] IS IT MAGIC OR MAGICAL REALISM? WHY KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE MATTERS TO LITERATURE review of Maggie Ann Bower's Magic(al) Realism by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005] JEWISH MAGICAL REALISM: WRITING TO TELL THE TALE article by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005 || Spirituality Edition] LIKE WATER FOR A BEDOUIN introductory editorial by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2000] MRTV: THE TWILIGHT ZONE AND HER OFFSPRING essay by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004] NALO HOPKINSON: 'ALL FANTASY IS FICTION' article by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] OF GHOSTS, GODS AND THE RAW INGREDIENTS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE: MARY OVERTON DISCUSSES MAGICAL REALISM interview by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2001] ON THE ROAD WITH GOOD AND EVIL: THE EPIC EXODUS THAT IS CARNIVALE series review of HBO's Carnivale by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004] ONE WELL-SEASONED MORSEL FROM A WELL-SEASONED TRANSLATOR editorial by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2000] ORDINARY ENCHANTMENTS: WENDY FARIS FURTHER REFINES A SUBJECT SHE'S ALREADY MASTERED review of Wendy Faris's Ordinary Enchantments by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004] PAOLA CORSO: MAGICAL REALISM AS MEMORY, VOICE AND VISION article by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005] ROB JOHNSON AND THE HAUNTED VALLEY OF FANTASMAS feature by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2002] SAILING HOME: M. ELIZA HAMILTON ABEGUNDE NAVIGATES CULTURAL MEMORY IN THE ARIAN'S LAST LIFE interview by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] THE SCHIZOPHRENIC REVIEWS OF MELANCHOLY WHORES Industry Reports (column) by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2005]
GIRL IN GREEN PATINA • OF MOTHS AND OIL • OVERUSED poems by Kelli Russell Agodon [2002] Read THE NIGHT I WALK INTO TOWN poem by Naomi Ayala [reprint, 2005] Read PUERTO POBRE poem by Naomi Ayala [2005] Read TOILETS ARE COUGHING poem by James Bertolino [2002] Read EDICT BY MAIL: BANISH YOUR BELLY, BUTT AND THIGHS! • LAMONT PIPES NIGHT TUNES TO THE FISH poems by Katherine Grace Bond [2002] Read THE MESSENGER poem by Carole Borges [2005] Read LIKE THE SHINING • MONDAY NIGHT POETRY READING poems by Anita K. Boyle and James Bertolino [reprints, 2002] Read ALMANAC MAGIC • HOW TO READ THE SIGNS • SKINWALKER poems by Allen Braden [reprints, 2005 || Spirituality Edition] Read A MAN OFFERS ME poem by James Braziel [2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read FOR NAMES poem by Jason Lee Brown [2005] Read PERSONAL INSURANCE prose poem by Mairéad Byrne [reprint, 2005] Read WHEN YOU GO AWAY poem by Guillermo Castro [reprint, 2004] Read AIR PATTERNS • BLOW OUT THE CANDLES • HEIR TO AIR poems by Paola Corso [2005] Read REVELATION poem by Joan Crooks [2005 || Spirituality Edition] Read HEART POSTCARD prose poem by Allison deFreese [2006 || Romantic Edition] Read I CAN'T FIND MY LIFEVEST AND SOMETHING IS BROKEN poem by Allison deFreese [reprint, 2005] Read WHAT'S SO VERY WILD IN SHE THAT MAKES YOU SCREAM ALONG HER HAIR? poem by Allison deFreese [reprint, 2004] Read BLOOM AND THORN poem by Mary Victoria Dombrowski [2002] Read DON QUIXOTE CONSIDERS A SAND DUNE poem by James Doyle [reprint, 2005 || Iberian Edition] Read BUT THIS WAS BROADWAY poem by Sharon Doyle [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read AFTER THE TEST SAID YES poem by Kelly Madigan Erlandson [reprint, 2005] Read A LIE I WILL TELL YOU • WHY I WAITED FOR YOU poems by Kelly Madigan Erlandson [2005] Read THE BARBER poem by B.H. Fairchild [reprint, 2004] Read THERMOREGULATION IN WINTER MOTHS poem by B.H. Fairchild [reprint, 2005] Read DRIPPING FROM THE CLOUDS LIKE HONEY poem by Erik Ranaan Fischman [reprint, 2006 || EarthWords] Read SPEAKING ISLAND poem by Charles Fishman [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read APPARITION poem by Maureen Tolman Flannery [2005 || Spirituality Edition] Read THE BIRDMAN'S RELEASE • AN UNPRECEDENTED BLIZZARD poems by Maureen Tolman Flannery [2005] Read CATCHING HIS DEATH • UNDERWATER poems by Maureen Tolman Flannery [2006 || DOMESTICITIES EDITION] Read DEATH BY POETRY • FLOOD RELEASE poems by Maureen Tolman Flannery [reprints, 2004] Read STONE IN A CUZCO WALL SOFTENS TO A STRANGER poem by Maureen Tolman Flannery [2004] Read WOMAN BECOMES HEARTWOOD poem by Maureen Tolman Flannery [2004] Read I AM NOT A KEEPER OF SHEEP • I GO OUT FOR A SMOKE AND BECOME MISTAKEN FOR THE ARCHANGEL • LEAVING PICO • MY HOOD OF STARS • THE OLD COUNTRY • THE OLIVE TREES poems by Frank X. Gaspar [reprints, 2005 || Iberian Edition] CONNECTIONS poem by Phyllis Gershator [2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read WINTER MEMORY poem by Mary Clair Ervin Gildea [2006 || Domesticities Edition] Read MYTH OF TIME poem by Giles Goodland [2006 || International Edition] Read BROKEN VISION poem by Hedy Habra [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read IN THE DAWN poem by Catherine Hammond [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read THE OCEAN, A DRESS poem by Catherine Hammond [reprint, 2002] Read ONE CORE AND ANOTHER poem by Catherine Hammond [2002] Read PULP FICTIONS • SANTO, SANTO, SANTO poems by Lorraine Healy [2004] Read ALSO FOR MIGUEL poem by Hugh Hennedy [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read CELLO MUSIC • THAT DAY poems by Michael Hettich [2002] Read PAPER HOUSE poem by Pamela Hughes [reprint, 2006 || Domesticities Edition] Read TROPICAL PETAL poem by Carol Hunter-Clarke [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read EMBERS OF THE DAY poem by Christina Hutchins [2002] Read A FEELING OF ISLAND PROVENANCE poem by Zyskandar A. Jaimot [2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read A DIVINER'S BURIAL poem by Anthony Kellman [reprint, 2005] Read SONG poem by Brigit Pegeen Kelly [reprint, 2004] Read NO GAME poem by Dorothy Laurence [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read NIGHT OF THE MEIGA poem by Maria De Los Angeles Lemus [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read AGATHA, PIN OAK • ALPHABET RISING • CERNE GIANT poems by Kelly Lenox [2006 || EarthWords Edition] Read ANIMATED poem by L.K. Leu [2005] Read QUIXOTE'S BOWL poem by Thomas David Lisk [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read DELIRIUM • SECRET OF SEVILLE poems by Stefan Lowry [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read 21 COWS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING poem by Marjorie Maddox [reprint, 2001] Read CASSEL ROAD poem by Sandra Maddux-Creech [2006 || EarthWords Edition] Read THE CLAY RESISTS poem by Marian McDonald [2001] Read GREEN MAN poem by Maureen McQuerry [reprint, 2006 || EarthWords Edition] Read FAITH poem by John Medeiros [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read AT THE HOSPITAL poem by Hermine Meinhard [reprint, 2004] Read BLUE poem by Hermine Meinhard [reprint, 2004] Read A PIECE OF LIGHTNING poem by Hermine Meinhard [reprint, 2004] Read THE MAN WHO FOLDS CRICKETS poem by Jalina Mhyana [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read DIRECTIONS FOR A ZINC PLATE ETCHING poem by Carolyn Moore [reprint, 2005] Read THE LAST NIGHT OF MASKMAKING • ON TRIAL FOR MURDER: THE MERMAID TAKES THE STAND IN HER OWN DEFENSE • THE SELKIE DISCOVERS THE INFORMATION AGE poems by Carolyn Moore [2005] Read THE SELKIE DISCOVERS THE INFORMATION AGE poem by Carolyn Moore [reprint, 2005] Read SEPTEMBER'S SEARCH FOR DUENDE poem by Paul Nelson [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read BRENDAN, HIS DAUGHTER, THE HORSES prose poem by Sheila Nickerson [2005 || Spirituality Edition] Read IN THE SHADOW OF BUTTERFLIES • THE ROOSTER IN THE CEMETERY OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, TORTOLA • THE WINNING ENTRY, COMBINED FRUITS CATEGORY, FLOWER SHOW AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS, TORTOLA poems by Sheila Nickerson [2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read DID YOU SEE THE MOON LAST NIGHT? poem by Carol D. O'Dell [2005] Read THE STORK IN THE HEAVEN poem by Jacqueline Osherow [reprint, 2005 || Spirituality Edition] Read IN OPHELIA'S GARDEN long prose poem by Stephanie Parent Read [2006 || EarthWords Edition] FOOTINGS • LAKE WOMAN • NOT TO LEAP IN • PRAYER RIDING OUT OF DETROIT • SELLING LIGHT • SKINNY GIRL poems by Mary Elizabeth Parker [reprints, 2002] ARE THERE ANY FBI AGENTS IN HEAVEN? poem by Richard Peabody [2005 || Spirituality Edition] Read PIETA poem by Robert Perchan [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] Read YO, BORGES, DOPPELGANGER poem by Robert Perchan [reprint, 2005 || Iberian Edition] Read As if this rock still had musk • They work these clams the way a hypnotist • You limp the way a caterpillar poems by Simon Perchik [2002] Read This woman with a dead conch poem by Simon Perchik [2006 || EarthWords] Read VANISHING POINT poem by Lawrence Raab [reprint, 2005] Read CONCEPTION poem by Amy Ratto [2006 || Romantic Edition] Read TAKING A SHOWER WITH MIGUEL DE CERVANTES poem by Carlos Reyes [reprint, 2005 || Iberian Edition] Read PHANTOM LIMBS poem by Shira Richman [2005 || Spirituality Edition] Read CORDOBA GUITAR poem by James Miller Robinson [2005 || Iberian Edition] Read OCTOBER poem by Marjorie Rommel [reprint, 2002] Read HEPHAESTUS SURVEYS HIS HANDIWORK poem by Susan Roney O'Brien [2005] Read RESURRECTION OF THE QUEEN, DROWNED AT SEA poem by Matt Schumacher [2001] Read THE FIST poem by Anne Annab Selden [2002] Read THE BIRTH OF ISLANDS poem by Olive Senior [reprint, 2004 || Caribbean Edition] Read GYPSY MOTH poem by Ruth Knafo Setton [2005] Read A LANDSCAPE WITH CRUTCHES poem by Charles Simic [reprint, 2004] Read GRASSLAND poem by Sarah Sloat [2006 || International Edition] Read
HERITAGE short story by Katia Ulysse Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition]
SONGS OF CONNECTIVITY: NATIVE AMERICA'S MAGICAL REALIST WOMEN Spotlight (column) by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2006 || Women's History Month]
THE DEATH OF BORGES (AND THE DEATH OF BORGES) short story by Dennis Vannatta Read [2001]
A STUDY IN SALT essay by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition]
AN AERIAL MEANDER poem by Katherine A. Soniat [reprint, 2005] Read
TILTING THE FIELD OF CIVILIZATION: WILSON HARRIS PITCHES FOR A 'TRUE' CARIBBEAN HISTORY review of Wilson Harris's History, Fable & Myth by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition]
SEPTEMBER SENTENCE poem by Katherine A. Soniat [reprint, 2002] Read
THE JOURNEY OF THE EYEBALL short story by Katherine Vaz Read [reprint, 2000] THE REMAINS OF PRINCESS KAIULANI'S GARDEN short story by Katherine Vaz Read [reprint, 2000] THE FOREIGNER short story by Tim Weed Read [reprint, 2005 || Iberian Edition] EMBRACE short story by Janet A. Wells Read [2005] THE WOMAN WHO SWALLOWED THE BOOK OF KELLS short story by Ian Wild Read [reprint, 2002] NOTES FROM THE CONCH MOUNTAIN short story by Christopher Woods Read [reprint, 2004] TIERRA Y LIBERTAD short story by Carol Zapata-Whelan Read [reprint, 2002] THE RETURN short story by Jane E. Zimmermann Read [2005]
|| FICTION IN EXCERPT || CHAPTER 8: 'DELE excerpted from M. Eliza Hamilton Abégúndé's The Arian's Last Life Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] CHAPTER 11: ABIODUN excerpted from M. Eliza Hamilton Abégúndé's The Arian's Last Life Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] CHAPTER 1 excerpted from Judith Woolcock Colombo's The Fablesinger Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] UNRAVELED excerpted from Paola Corso's story, "Unraveled," previously published in Giovanna's 86 Circles Read [2005] —AUTHOR'S SELECTION— excerpted from Pauline Holdstock's House Read [2006 || Domesticities Edition] —AUTHOR'S SELECTION— excerpted from Catherine Leggett's The Invention of Paradise Read [2006 || EarthWords Edition] ADD BLUE TO MAKE WHITE WHITER • FADO • ORIGINAL SIN excerpted from the stories by the same name previously published in Katherine Vaz's Fado & Other Stories Read [2000]
|| FICTION IN TRANSLATION || CHAPTER 11 from Gregory Rabassa's English translation of João de Melo's Portuguese novel, My World is Not of This Kingdom Read [2000] CAPITULO 11 from João de Melo's original novel in Portuguese, O Meu Mundo Nao E Deste Reino Read [2000] CHAPTER 12 from Gregory Rabassa's English translation of João de Melo's Portuguese novel, My World is Not of This Kingdom Read [2000]
WHAT DO AMERICAN READERS KNOW ABOUT MAGICAL REALISM? A BOOK GROUP INFILTRATION editorial by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2001] YEAR ONE: TENTACLES POKING FROM AN OVERNIGHT BAG editorial by Tamara Kaye Sellman Read [2001] REAL MAGICALISM IN THE FAMILY OF PASCAL DUARTE review of Camilo Jose Cela's The Family of Pascal Duarte by Stephen Siciliano Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] A BRIEF HISTORY OF MAGICAL REALISM essay by Bruce Taylor Read [reprint, 2002] THE PARADOX OF TRUTH: BRITISH MAGICAL REALISTS TELL IT SLANT—ON PURPOSE review of Anne C. Hegerfeldt's Lies That Tell the Truth: Magic Realism Seen Though Contemporary Fiction From Britain by Bruce Taylor Read [2006 || International Edition] WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AVON BARD? article by Bruce Taylor Read [2005] TWISTED TRUTH: TOURE'S EDGY TAKE ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAGICAL REALISM review of Touré's The Portable Promised Land: Stories by Thumper Read [2006 || International Edition] SURVIVING SIMULACRA: THE REALITIES OF THE RIDICULOUS review of George Saunders's Pastoralia by Mark Tursi Read [2001] BEFORE I DIED creative nonfiction by Melody Warnick Read [2004 || Caribbean Edition] ON TRANSLATING THE PRINCE OF WITS interview of translator Edith Grossman by Joel Whitney Read [reprint, 2005 || Iberian Edition] CONVIVIALITY creative nonfiction by Carol Zapata-Whelan Read [reprint, 2002]
WIND SHIFT poem by Jan C. Snow [2006 || EarthWords] Read
HORSE poem by Virgil Suarez [2002] Read AFTER READING LORCA'S LETTERS HOME FROM AMERICA poem by David Thornbrugh [reprint, 2002] Read CARTOON THOUGHT BALLOONS poem by David Thornbrugh [2002] Read THE MOON HAS NO SHOES prose poem by Carine Topal [2005] Read LEARNING MY NAME poem by Gloria Vando [reprint, 2006 || International Edition] Read FOREVER • MY FATHER'S HATS poems by Constance Vogel [reprint, 2005] Read FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF ANN VERVAINE, VI poem by Rosanna Warren [reprint, 2006 || Romantic Edition] Read PRETTY SOON APRIL WILL BE HERE poem by J. Marcus Weekley [2006 || EarthWords Edition] Read BIOPSY poem by CK Williams [reprint, 2005] Read THE BEFORELIFE • CHURCH • FIRST LIGHT • LONELINESS • METAPHOR • MORNING ARRIVES • OCCURRENCE • PRESCRIPTION • SAY MY NAME • THE SHORE • THANKS PRAYER AT THE COVE • THINKING OF FRANCE poems by Franz Wright [reprints, 2002]
|| POETRY IN TRANSLATION || THE FINAL GESTURE from Sandy McKinney's English translation of Rafael Guillen's Spanish poem, Gesto Final Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] GESTO FINAL from Rafael Guillen's original poem in Spanish, Gesto Final Read [2005 || Iberian Edition]
|| NONFICTION IN EXCERPT || AN INTRODUCTION TO THE REALITIES OF FICTION: TEACHING MAGIC REALISM IN THREE STORIES BY BORGES, FUENTES AND GARCIA MARQUEZ excerpted from the article of the same name by Joe Benevento Read [2001]
|| NONFICTION IN TRANSLATION || THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FANTASY AND IMAGINATION: A CONVERSATION WITH ISABEL ALLENDE from Carol Zapata-Whelan's English translation of Isabel Allende's Spanish-language interview Read [2001] LA DIFERENCIA ENTRE LA FANTASIA Y LA IMAGINACION: UNA ENTREVISTA CON ISABEL ALLENDE from Carol Zapata-Whelan's interview with Isabel Allende (en espanol) Read [2001]
CAPITULO 12 from João de Melo's original novel in Portuguese, O Meu Mundo Nao E Deste Reino Read [2000] *** THE GREAT STREET from Henry Martin's English translation of Anna Maria Ortese's short story in Italian, Grande Via Read [2006 || International Edition] *** THE EYE • THE HANDS • THE FLOWERING WHORE from Steven Stewart's English translations of Rafael Pérez Estrada's Spanish-language flash fictions Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] EL OJO • LOS MANOS • LA PUTA FLORECIDA from Rafael Pérez Estrada's Spanish-language flash fictions Read [2005 || Iberian Edition] *** CHAPTER 15 from Gregory Rabassa's English translation of José Sarney's Portuguese novel, Master of the Sea Read [2005]
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