AGNI 53
Contents
Fiction
The Sugar-Tit
Me & Wolfie, 1979
Essays
Introduction to Randall Jarrell’s Three Unpublished Poems
by Stephen Burt
Innocents Abroad
by DeWitt Henry
Oksana Zabuzhko’s Field Work in Ukrainian Sex
by Halyna Hryn
The Oneness of Music
Poetry
Amichai 1924–2000
Listener of Bats
Century
by Joel Brouwer
Detroit
by Joel Brouwer
Meadow
by Joel Brouwer
Canal Park Drive
by Stephen Burt
Chorale
Niagara Diary
On Translating Poems by American Authors
Translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh
Childhood’s Face
Heather and the Hair Color of Hope
Wildflower Sextet
by Rodney Jack
Drafts of the last poem he wrote, “From all the hands of the Hillbilly Ranch”
Five untitled prose poems
The Tree
The Little Sisters of the Sacred Heart
by David Kirby
Over
Quo Journal: Civics
Quo Journal: Good Friday
Quo Journal: Waxwing Icarus
Happy as I Am
by Steve Orlen
The Daughter of Snow
City Tree
Lullaby
Art Feature
Joel Janowitz’s Three Paintings (essay)
Jumping In
Letting Go
Light Play
Conversations
Fiction by Joyce Carol Oates, Carolyn Cooke, Chitra Divakaruni, and Lynne Sharon Schwartz; poetry by Agha Shahid Ali, James Tate, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Cynthia Huntington, Martha Collins, Meg Kearney, Rodney Jack, and Michael Morse; nonfiction by Yuri Andrukhovych and Ploughshares founder DeWitt Henry; art by Joel Janowitz; and drafts of Randall Jarrell’s last poem.
Editor
Askold Melnyczuk
Askold Melnyczuk
Managing Editor
Eric Grunwald
Eric Grunwald
Advisory Board
Leslie Epstein
Robert Pinsky
Derek Walcott
Leslie Epstein, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott
Art Editor
Gerry Bergstein
Gerry Bergstein
Music Editor
Eric Chasalow
Eric Chasalow
Poetry Editor
Michael Collier
Michael Collier
Associate Poetry Editor
Claire Jarvis
Claire Jarvis
Associate Fiction Editor
Jennifer Joerg Blum
Jennifer Joerg Blum
Editor Emerita
Sharon Dunn
Sharon Dunn
Editorial Assistants
Christopher Brätt
Tunzel Hayes
Nick Montfort
Ryan O'Connor
Christopher Rizzo
Christopher Brätt, Tunzel Hayes, Nick Montfort, Ryan O'Connor, Christopher Rizzo
Contributing Editors
Thomas Bahr
Erin Belieu
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
Rosanna Warren
Oksana Zabuzhko
Thomas Bahr, Erin Belieu, 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, Rosanna Warren, Oksana Zabuzhko