In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editor's Notes

MJS
pp. v-vi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0424
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Readers Write

Letters to the Editor

H. Lee Barnes, Susanne Rose, John Boe, Bonnie Sunstein, David Rowell, Michele Locker
pp. 1-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0291
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Essays and Memoirs

Ralston

Stuart Dybek
pp. 5-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0316
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Love Child

Sue Allison
pp. 14-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0341
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Medicine Wheel

John Lane
pp. 20-33
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0366
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Seeking the Language of Solid Ground: Reflections on Ecocriticism and Narrative

Scott Slovic
pp. 34-38
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0391
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South Dakota

Jan Worth
pp. 39-44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0413
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You Are Invited . . . to Leave

Lad Tobin
pp. 45-49
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0437
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San Simeon—Through the Slit in the Cat's Eye

David D. Cooper
pp. 50-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0305
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Karner Blue

Carol Cloos
pp. 62-65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0330
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The Stranger at the Window

Rebecca McClanahan
pp. 66-87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0355
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The Parcel (A Bar Idyll)

Pete Hausler
pp. 88-90
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0380
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The Pillow Incident

Connie Wanek
pp. 91-93
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0405
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An Apology for Forgiveness' Close Association with Cowardice

Thylias Moss
pp. 94-102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0429
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King of the Cats

Kathryn Watterson
pp. 103-108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0297
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AWOL

Stephen Dunn
pp. 109-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0322
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Trailing Clouds

Suzanne Paola
pp. 117-130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0347
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Happy Hour

Christy Stillwell
pp. 131-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0372
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After the Twilight Drug

Hallie Tobias
pp. 139-141
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0397
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Of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs

Dale Rigby
pp. 142-154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0420
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Report on the Difference between Men and Women

Penelope Scambly Schott
p. 155
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0287
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Toward Humility

Bret Lott
pp. 156-173
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0312
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A Note on the Type

James Ferry
pp. 174-186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0337
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Interview

Interview With Thylias Moss

Marc J. Sheehan
pp. 187-198
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0362
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Photo Essay

The Story behind "Fetishes—Medicine Wheel"

Mark Olencki
pp. 199-200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0387
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Book Reviews

Full Length Reviews

Green Alaska: Dreams front the Far Coast (review)

Sue William Silverman
pp. 201-203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0409
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Blue as the Lake: A Personal Geography (review)

Alison Swan
pp. 203-205
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0433
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Riding the Demon: On the Road in West Africa (review)

Marc Sheehan
pp. 205-207
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0301
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Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs (review)

Sharon Bryan
pp. 207-208
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0326
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Peace at Heart: An Oregon Country Life (review)

Amy Brown
pp. 208-210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0351
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Prairie Son (review)

Anne-Marie Oomen
pp. 210-211
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0376
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Flight Dreams: A Life in the Midwestern Landscape (review)

Robert L. Root Jr.
pp. 211-213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0401
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Reader to Reader: Capsule Reviews

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, and: Girl, Interrupted, and: The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father, and: The Shadow Man: A Daughter's Search for Her Father (review)

Mimi Schwartz, Alex Johnson
pp. 214-216
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0425
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Fathers, Sons, and Brothers: The Men in My Family, and: Volcano: A Memoir of Hawai'i, and: The Meadow, and: Blue Pastures (review)

Robert L. Root Jr.
pp. 216-218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0292
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Planet of the Blind: A Memoir, and: Under a Wing: A Memoir (review)

Penelope Scambly Schott
pp. 218-219
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0317
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An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us, and: A Drinking Life: A Memoir (review)

Ken Autrey
pp. 219-221
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0342
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Contributors

About the Contributors

pp. 222-226
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2013.0367
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