AGNI 23
Contents
Editor's Note
Introduction
by Mary Morris and Sharon Dunn
Fiction
Shopping
The Fish
Time Capsule
by Mitch Berman
Reconnaissance
by Mary Morris
The Orphan
Cowboys and Iranians
by M. T. Sharif
Indian Country
Up from the Dirt
Essays
The Spirit of Thoreau in the Age of Trident
by Richard Falk
Poetry
The Emigré
by Ai
Lent
Martin Luther King Day
Outside
The End of Summer
by Rachel Hadas
Cousins
Dear Sir:
Reverse Angle
by David Lehman
Nocturne Revolutionnaire
Centripetal
by Jane Miller
Film
The River
Hellas: Coup d’état
Gdansk/4 AM
Waldek’s Wedding
Gathering
The Excursion of the Speech and Hearing Class
Answering Your Last Letter
by J. P. White
Ernesto Cardenal: Five Poems and an Interview
Poetry
Founding of the Latin American Association for Human Rights
Translated from the Spanish by Jonathan Cohen
Conversations
Interview with Ernesto Cardenal
by Mary Morris and Richard Falk
Translated from the Spanish by Jonathan Cohen
Burning Issues. AGNI 23 muses on problems too pressing to ignore. Margaret Atwood confronts the threat of tyranny in “Shopping,” and William Stafford explores war and its omnipresence in daily life in “Children Still Play,” while Lawrence Millman merges these in “A Child’s Guide to Latin American Politics.” Other bold writers, including Russell Banks, Joyce Carol Oates, Mary Morris, Denise Levertov, Ernesto Cardenal, David Wagoner, Rachel Hadas, Irina Ratushinskaya, and Richard Falk, highlight other scourges in an attempt at concrete opposition. Each of their stories, poems, and essays asserts the ability of the written word to bring global change.
Founding Editor
Askold Melnyczuk
Askold Melnyczuk
Editors
Sharon Dunn
Mary Morris
Sharon Dunn, Mary Morris
Advisory Editor
John J. Clayton
John J. Clayton
Contributing Editor
Sven Birkerts
Sven Birkerts