New American Writing #22
186 Pages
2004



Gustaf Sobin
           Pure Vertical
           An Ars Poetica
           In Praise of the Implicit: An Essay
Wang Ping
           After Thrashing About, But not Violently
           On the Blue Treasure Plateau
           On a Playground in Park Slope
           Where the Story Goes
Toby Olson
           Prayer of Initiation
           Two Drunks
           Theatrical Study
Eleni Sikelianos
           From The California Poem
Rusty Morrison
           From Dawn Book
Laura Mullen
           Circles Empty Circles
Mark McMorris
           Dear Michael (2)
Eileen Myles
           I’m Moved
           The Frames
John Latta
           Fragment and Vireo
           Umbrella and Knockabout
           Zephyr and Harness
John Olson
           Soul
           All I Want to Do
           World Hickory
James Tate
           Cortege
           Map of the Lost World
           The Swing
Todd Swift
           Madame Tussaud’s
           The Physiotherapist
           Homage to Charlotte Rampling
           Home Truths
Noelle Kocot-Tomblin
           The Puppet’s Dream
           Opus 54
           In the Barn, with Crayons
Joseph Lease
           Prayer, Broken Off
Molly Bendall
           Reminds Me of Panic
           Justnowland
Lisa Samuels
           The Doctrine of Equivalence
           Scout
Spencer Selby
           After Rain Talk
           Medusa
Peter Orner
           Five Chicago Stories
James Brook
           Introduction to Péret’s Political Poems
Benjamin Péret
           From I Want No Part in It
Maxine Chernoff
           From Among the Names
Nathaniel Tarn
           Of the Animal
           From War Poems Yet Again
Brian Henry
           Maternalia
Terence Winch
           Belief System
           Objects of Spiritual Significance
           Snow Days
G. C. Waldrep
           What Is an Anthem
           Who is Charles Ives
Dale Smith
           From Notes No Answer
Joanna Fuhrman
           Architecture Moraine
Sarah Manguso
           Justice for the Undelivered
           Hand Model
Donna Stonecipher
           The Postcard-Collector’s Address
Richard Silberg
           As Is
Joel Lewis
           Why Ask Why
Jesse Lee Kercheval
           Tusalava
           I See God in the Movies
Linda Nemec Foster
           Nativity Scene Encased in Saran Wrap
Gabriel Gudding
           Minnesota
Carolyn Guinzio
           The Minutes
           After Hours
Bruce Beasley
           Hermetic Elegy, with Lullaby
Albert Flynn DeSilver
           From (a) chiasmus
Armand Capanna
           The Little Fish of Sublime Grace
Jason Stumpf
           Nightmusic
Garin Cycholl
           Blues—Silences—Stops Between
Jonathan Thirkield
           Design for a Silver Box
Christopher Jenke
           Psalm of the Presbyter
Jeffrey Jullich
           In Bournonville Technique
           Cartoon of Faith Holding a Book
Noah Eli Gordon
           Tiger, Tiger
Che Qianzi
           Eight Poems
Yu Jian
           Six Poems
Jia Wei
           Two Poems
Gary Gach
           A Note on Ko Un
Ko Un
           Four Poems
Nguyen Quoc Chanh
           Relationships
Hoang Hung
           Modernization of Vietnamese Poetry