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Spring 2005

  • Bill Barich

    Advance planning was never Hank’s strong suit, he had to leave her.

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  • Shannon Ravenel

    The excuse, of course, was that men had to support families.

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  • V. S. Pritchett

    In three years he had made her forget that blindness meant not seeing.

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  • Min Jin Lee

    Her biggest secret was Jay Currie—her white American boyfriend.

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  • Jack Shoemaker

    When he died earlier this year an enormous hole was left in my life.

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  • Ann Beattie

    I put my hand on my stomach and had an image of the melting snowman.

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  • Rick Bass

    In exchange for our labor, we would each be given a new set of clothes.

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Spring 2005
Editors’ Note

Fiction

  • Rick BassThe Diezmo, Part Three
  • Ann BeattieJust Going Out
  • Min Jin LeeFree Food for Millionaires

Nonfiction

  • Bill BarichA Real Writer

Interviews

  • Shannon Ravenel
  • Jack Shoemaker

Readers' Narratives

  • Craig BueltelThe Residence Inn,
    Louisville, Colorado
  • Seth FishmanInterstate 20,
    Approaching Midland, Texas
  • Krys LeeKwanghwamun
    Central City District, Seoul
  • Matt PiepenburgWatching the Tour,
    Limoges to St. Flour
  • Robin TroyHoliday Gas Station
    (Corner of Fourth and Higgins),
    Missoula, Montana

Classics

  • V. S. PritchettBlind Love

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