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6 ...... ADONIS 9 ...... VILMA TAPIA ANAYA 10 ...... ANDRÉS ANWANDTER 11 ...... PAUL BEATTY 12 ...... ANDREA HOLLANDER BUDY 13 ...... JOÃO BANDEIRA 14 ...... SALLY W. BLIUMIS 14 ...... ANDREA CARTER BROWN 15 ...... MOLLY GILES 16 ...... DAVID CAMERON 18 ...... ERNESTO CARDENAL 20 ...... JULIO CARRASCO 22 ...... MICHEAL CARMAN 23 ...... JAI CHAKRABARTI 24 ...... GRETL CLAGGETT 24 ...... MILES A. COON 24 ...... ANNE CORAY 25 ...... DAVID COPE 26 ...... LÍGIA DABUL 27 ...... SANDRA MARESH DOE 30 ......SHARON DOLIN 30 ...... SEAN THOMAS DOUGHERTY 31 ...... DENNIS DRISCOLL 32 ...... CHAD DAVIDSON 33 ...... NEI DUCLÓS 34 ...... DEREK BERES Reviews of Carl Hancock Rux & Saul Williams 37 ...... ELLEN KIRVIN DUDIS 37 ...... MOIRA EGAN 37 ...... MARTIN FIGURA 37 ...... DOUGLAS GOETSCH 38 ...... ANNIE FINCH 39 ...... ARMANDO FREITAS FILHO 40 ...... GLADYS GONZÁLEZ 42 ...... BRENTLEY FRAZER 43 ...... LYNN FREED 48 ...... KENNETH GOLDSMITH 51 ...... JOE GREEN 52 ...... TAMI HAALAND 53 ...... TOMÁS HARRIS
KEVIN HIGGINS ...... 54 COLETTE INEZ ...... 54 PATRICIA SPEARS JONES ...... 56 MOHAMMED KHAÏR-EDDINE ...... 57 ELIOT KATZ ...... 58 AARON KIELY ...... 61 TSAURAH LITZKY ...... 64 SHEILA MALDONADO ...... 65 BEN MAZER ...... 66 SAMUEL MENASHE ...... 66 JOHN MINCZESKI ...... 67 JON MOOALLEM ...... 67 GONZALO MILLÁN ...... 68 CAROL MIRAKOVE ...... 70 RICK MOODY ...... 73 ROBERT MORGAN ...... 76 ANNA ROSS ...... 76 NIKOLAI OLEINIKOV ...... 77 DAEL ORLANDERSMITH ...... 79 HOLLY POSNER ...... 80 REGINA O’MELVENY ...... 82 MARÍA SOLEDAD QUIROGA ...... 83 JEROME ROTHENBERG ...... 84 MARGARET RYAN ...... 85 SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY AFTER APARTHEID ... 86 Lamont Steptoe interviews Breyten Breytenbach, poems by Robert Berold, Breyten Breytenbach, Vonani Bila, Alan Finlay, Allan Kolski Horwitz, Mbongeni Khumalo, Bernat Kruger, Kgafela oa Magogodi, Mzi Mahola, Lebogang M. Mashile, Isabella Motadinyane, Ike Mboneni Muila, Lesego Rampolokeng, Arja Salafranca, Kelwyn Sole CHRISTOPHER STACKHOUSE ...... 96 VIRGIL SUAREZ ...... 96 TERESE SVOBODA ...... 98 TODD SWIFT ...... 98 ANDREW VARNON ...... 99 BRUNO TOLENTINO ...... 100 MICHELINY VERUNSCHK ...... 102 RAÚL ZURITA ...... 102
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