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Fall 2003

  • Rick Bass

    The blackness of her hair seemed to pull the color from her body.

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  • Tobias Wolff

    I repeated the name thoughtfully, then said no, I didn’t think I knew her.

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  • Joyce Carol Oates

    We take our solace, in a time of malaise and mourning, in the close-at-hand.

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  • Jane Smiley

    When we wake up, the five windows and the French door are full of light.

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  • Bridgett M. Davis

    My mother hoped moving would erase the affair with a married man.

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  • Min Jin Lee

    I hadn’t always liked being around my mother while she was alive.

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  • Carol Edgarian and Tom Jenks

    We encourage our readers to submit their own memoirs and essays...

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Fall 2003
Editors’ Note

Fiction

  • Rick BassMidland
  • Bridgett M. DavisRae Rae
  • Min Jin LeeAxis of Happiness
  • Tobias WolffÜbermensch

Nonfiction

  • Joyce Carol OatesA Fragmented Diary in a Fragmented Time
  • Jane SmileyPageantry, Intrigue,
    Contemplation, Mystery

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