from Dead Electron Catalogue: “What moves the unseen, untouched body,” “This much I know—that dusk brings arguments over what is,” “You don’t have to go to Venice or the swamp”

by Brian Clements

The Life of the Mind

by Wyn Cooper

Stepson Elegy

by Alfred Corn

Ellipsis, Third or Fourth Dot, Depending

by Stuart Dischell

Best in the Business

by Stephen Dobyns

Untitled

by Bridget Fahrland

Being a Constellation

by Annie Finch

Running in Church

by Annie Finch

Intersection

by Kristin Fogdall

The Salmon House

by Kristin Fogdall

The Worker

by Donald Hall

To an Old Sucker Fish

by Kendra Kopelke

One of the Mineral Elements

by Lynne McMahon

Rimbaud

by Lynne McMahon

Authority

by Steve Orlen

Mr. & Mrs. Death

by Steve Orlen

The Poets

by Steve Orlen

Sweet Decision

by Joe Osterhaus

The Scale of Light

by Joe Osterhaus

The Rule of Three

by Ron Padgett

Sworn Deposition

by Eric Pankey

Trio Threaded on Lines from the Parthian Hymns

by John Peck

Paper Country

by Joe Pernice

Screws

by Joe Pernice

Calle Visión

by Adrienne Rich

Take

by Adrienne Rich

Advent in Co. Fermanagh

by Robin Robertson

Crossing the Border

by Tom Sleigh

The Denial

by Tom Sleigh

The Distance Between

by Tom Sleigh

Hey Now

by Thomas Swiss

Ghost Continent

by Larissa Szporluk

Altamont

by Alan Williamson

Listening to Leonard Cohen

by Alan Williamson

Hunt

by Mark Wunderlich

Conversations

Speaking Franco: An Interview with Michael Franco

by João de Mancelos

Translated by Michael Franco

Reviews

Howard Frank Mosher’s Northern Borders

by Thomas Bahr

Carl Phillips’s In the Blood and Liam Rector’s American Prodigal

by Erin Belieu

Debra Spark’s Coconuts for the Saint

by Catherine Carter

Sophie Cabot Black’s The Misunderstanding of Nature

by Wyn Cooper

Ted Berrigan’s Selected Poems

by William Corbett

Robert Pinsky’s Inferno

by Alfred Corn

Jane Kenyon’s Constance

by Marie Howe

Alan Shapiro’s In Praise of the Impure

by Joe Osterhaus

David St. John’s Study for the World’s Body

by Katrina Roberts

Editor

Askold Melnyczuk

Executive Editor

Sharon Dunn

Managing Editor

Erin Belieu

Assistant Editor

Richard Curtis

Poetry Reviews Editor

Joe Osterhaus

Poetry Panel Chair

William Corbett

Advisory Board

Leslie Epstein

Robert Pinsky

Derek Walcott

Leslie Epstein, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott

Editorial Assistants

Erin Berg

Valerie Duff

Margo Grossberg

Erika Fernandez

Matthias Regan

Darby Sanders

Keith Wagner

Erin Berg, Valerie Duff, Margo Grossberg, Erika Fernandez, Matthias Regan, Darby Sanders, Keith Wagner

Design

LI•MA Design

Contributing Editors

Thomas Bahr

Sven Birkerts

Lucie Brock-Broido

John J. Clayton

William Corbett

Stuart Dischell

Sharon Dunn

Thomas Sayers Ellis

Marie Howe

Diana Der-Hovanessian

Ha Jin

Alex Johnson

Susan Johnson

Fred Marchant

Fiona McCrae

Gail Mazur

Joe Osterhaus

Dzvinia Orlowsky

George Packer

Solomea Pavlychko

Liam Rector

Scott Ruescher

George Scialabba

Tom Sleigh

Sue Standing

Tree Swenson

Rosanna Warren

Oksana Zabuzhko

Thomas Bahr, Sven Birkerts, Lucie Brock-Broido, John J. Clayton, William Corbett, Stuart Dischell, Sharon Dunn, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Marie Howe, Diana Der-Hovanessian, Ha Jin, Alex Johnson, Susan Johnson, Fred Marchant, Fiona McCrae, Gail Mazur, Joe Osterhaus, Dzvinia Orlowsky, George Packer, Solomea Pavlychko, Liam Rector, Scott Ruescher, George Scialabba, Tom Sleigh, Sue Standing, Tree Swenson, Rosanna Warren, Oksana Zabuzhko

AGNI 41

Contents

Fiction

Essays

Poetry

Conversations

Reviews