Editor’s Notes by Joe Mackall and Daniel W. Lehman
Ten years ago we penned the first editors’ notes to our readers. At this point ten years later, we should be writing at length about our humble beginnings and singing of the heights we’ve reached. Our words should reveal just the right amount of nostalgia, pride, and just a hint of self-congratulation. But there is no time for that; or rather, no space. Continue reading . . .
Contents
“Sex and the Gimpy Girl” Nancy Mairs ◆ “Bakersfield” Tracy Daugherty ◆ “Small Rooms in Time” Ted Kooser ◆ “Dog Days” Sam Pickering ◆ “Valmiki’s Palm” David James Duncan ◆ “Monster Trucks and the White Bellaire” Sophie Beck ◆ “Stones: Turning Points” Barbara Hurd ◆ “On Dusk” Teddy Macker ◆ “Idolatry” Michelle Herman ◆ “A Backward Spring” Lee Martin ◆ “Hairdo” Tom Feeney ◆ “Laying on of Hands” Steven Harvey ◆ “Signs and Wonders” Rebecca McClanahan ◆ “The Etiquette of Being a Breast” Amy Morgenstern ◆ “The Clearwater” Kim Barnes ◆ “Among Women” Jessie Harriman ◆ “The Rage of Men” R. Glendon Brunk ◆ “The Speed of Memory” Brad K. Younkin ◆ “Shine On” Floyd Skloot ◆ “The Best Cake Made Both of Us Sad” Chris Offutt ◆ “Paddling the Middle Fork: A Love Story in Low Water” Jill Christman ◆ “It’s Me. It’s Him. It’s Them” Diana Joseph ◆ “No” Margaret MacInnis ◆ “The Oil Man” Ann M. Bauer ◆ “Danger Boys” Steven Church ◆ “At the Drive-In with My Brother” Stephen Gutierrez ◆ “Fried Eggs” Seth Sawyers ◆ “The Last of the Raccoon” Diana Hume George ◆ “Tough” Brent Spencer ◆ “The Exorcist in Love” Tom French ◆ “By Force, Threat, or Deception” Joe Mackall ◆ “Good Guys” Maureen Stanton ◆ “Ballouville” Deborah Peterson Swift ◆ “The Thirteenth Hour: The Wreck of the Sailboat Morning Dew and a Child’s Voice in the Dark” Philip Gerard ◆ “A New Journalist’s Suggestions for Daily Journalists” Gay Talese ◆ “The Body out There: The Stakes of Jon Krakauer’s Adventure Narratives” Daniel W. Lehman ◆ “When You Weren’t There: How Reporters Recreate Scenes for Narrative” Andrea Lorenz ◆ “The Writer’s Choice” Walt Harrington
Contributors’ Notes . . .
