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Silver Point
Silver Point The silver point of an evening star dropping toward the hammock of new moon over Lake Okoboji, over prairie waters in Iowa— it was framed in the lights just after twilight. 381-381 By Carl …
Poetry
Beside the Point
… revel, two good-for-nothings, in our irrelevance; at least come and make no difference with me. 283-283 By Stephen …
Poetry
Big Bird Died for Your Sins
… Big Bird Died for Your Sins   Barry was six-foot-six, fifteen like … dreaming drunk.  A crowd kept vigil on the beach. His compañero the catcher dove and dove again between the fins … from a cooler, I said: When my father told me Clemente died, there were tears in his eyes.   No one said anything, …
Poetry
At Great Point
At Great Point Let the waters of heaven be gathered into one place . . . Genesis 1 Is this the very face of an angry God, or simply his instrument? On calm mornings halos of light hovering over the water . . . a few feathers on the sand as if an angel has …
Criticism
Week’s Highlights: “I Award You No Points”
… Week’s Highlights: “I Award You No Points” Read In Tablet, VQR contributor Adam Kirsch … “War Dances,” the titular story from Sherman Alexie’s forthcoming book. Funny, humane, sad, structurally interesting, … in her country during World War II, and her work brings audience members and a judge to tears. The words at the end of …
Poetry
My Mother Died on Shavuot
… My Mother Died on Shavuot My mother died on Shavuot, at the end of the Counting of the Omer. Her … and shabby wooden signs with names in Hebrew and Latin: the Common Rose, Mediterranean Sage, the Common Shriek, the … My Mother Died on Shavuot …