Boulevard Vol. 35, No. 1 (Fall 2019)
Boulevard Vol. 35, No. 1 (Fall 2019)
This issue includes the winning story from the 2018 Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers by Claire Boyles, a Boulevard Craft Interview featuring Sarah Kendzior, Michael Czyzniejewski, Greg November, Hannah Williams, Michelle Richmond, Tim Fitts, Adam Brewer, J.T. Barbarese, Renée Branum, Andrew D. Cohen, Lorraine Hanlon Comanor, Clinton Crockett Peters, E. Kristin Anderson, Anne Barngrover, Brian Komei Dempster, Benjamin S. Grossberg, Susan Hutton, Miriam N. Kotzin, George Looney, Jane McGuffin, Rainie Oet, Laura Passin, Alejandro Pérez, Esteban Rodríguez, Stephanie Rogers, Rushi Vyas, and Corrie Williamson. Plus, fantastic and striking cover art by Alex Stoddard!
Table of Contents
POETRY
E. Kristin Anderson .............. In Which I Am Doctor and Killer and Lover and Disease
Anne Barngrover .................. To the Solstice Moon over Red Rock Canyon
Brian Komei Dempster .......... Broken
Benjamin S. Grossberg .......... Trying to Bathe a Kitten, My Brothers Drown It
Susan Hutton........................ Self Talk
Miriam N. Kotzin.................. In This Poem Only
The Lace Maker
Notice
George Looney .................... A Music Tempting to Say
Jane McGuffin...................... Homage
Rainie Oet ............................ Because a Body Needs Fuel
Laura Passin .......................... We the Destroyers
Alejandro Pérez.................... We Should Probably Dance
Esteban Rodríguez ................ Weslaco
Stephanie Rogers ................ Bullet
Rushi Vyas ............................ Effigy
Morning Chant: Scatter
Corrie Williamson .................. A Spell for Traversing Quake Lake
FICTION
J. T. Barbarese...................... Supreme Fictions
Claire Boyles ...................... Lost Gun, $1000 Reward, No Questions
Adam Brewer ........................ The Flood
Michael Czyzniejewski .......... Whiskey Nose
Tim Fitts ................................ Kawasaki
Spring Break
You Have Ruined This Car
Greg November ...................... The Business of Killing Tony
Michelle Richmond................ An Object in Orbit
Hannah Williams ................ Shirley
NON-FICTION
Renée Branum .................... Elders
Andrew D. Cohen .................. Carried Away by the Mossad
Lorraine Hanlon Comanor.... Walking with Birds
Ryan Krull ............................ Boulevard Craft Interview: Sarah Kendzior
Clinton Crockett Peters .......... The Thing About Cancer