In this Issue

Table of Contents

Focus: Innovative Fiction by International Women

Introduction to Focus: Everything Begins with a Yes: Innovative Fiction by International Women

Christina Milletti
p. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0111
restricted access

Word Fugue

Rebecca Goodman
p. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0123
restricted access

Savage Materiality

Christine Hume
pp. 5-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0060
restricted access

Fable-Forward

Joanna Howard
pp. 6-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0071
restricted access

The Grammar of Love

Angela Szczepaniak
p. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0082
restricted access

Polish Contempt

Jaimy Gordon
pp. 8-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0094
restricted access

A Frame Story

Julia Elliott
p. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0106
restricted access

Ashes to Ashes

Dave Kress
p. 10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0118
restricted access

A Western Nouveau Roman

Janet Kauffman
p. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0056
restricted access

Feature: Philosophy and Fiction

Literary Darwinism

William Flesch
p. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0067
restricted access

Philosophy and the Single Girl

Yevgeniya Traps
p. 14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0078
restricted access

A Big Red Cross

Dinda L. Gorlée
p. 15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0090
restricted access

Book Reviews

Playtime and Playmates

Teresa Carmody
p. 16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0102
restricted access

Translation’s Trail

Steven G. Kellman
p. 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0114
restricted access

The Spleen and the Vowel

Kim Chinquee
p. 18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0126
restricted access

A Writer’s Prowess

Clay Reynolds
p. 19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0063
restricted access

The Naked and the Nude

Jocelyn Bartkevicius
pp. 20-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0074
restricted access

The History Market

Beverly Tomek
p. 23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0085
restricted access

Departments

Page 2: Safe Books

Jeffrey R. Di Leo
pp. 2-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0099
restricted access

Letter to the Editor

William O’Rourke
p. 23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0097
restricted access

Scenes: Manic D Press: an interview with Jennifer Joseph

p. 31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0121
restricted access

Index Volume 30, 2008–2009

pp. 26-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/abr.2009.0109
restricted access