In this Issue

Table of Contents

Editors’ Page

Stephanie G’Schwind, Matthew Cooperman
pp. 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0085
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Island Rule: Winner of the 2017 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, selected by Richard Bausch

Katie M. Flynn
pp. 3-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0086
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Summer People

Mike Alberti
pp. 22-43
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0087
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The Night Runner

Kristen Roupenian
pp. 44-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0088
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Val

D. J. Thielke
pp. 57-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0089
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Moonwalk

Jennifer Itell
pp. 68-76
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0090
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A Lesson from My Father’s Suitcase

Clint McCown
pp. 77-88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0091
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The Grammar of Untold Stories

Lois Ruskai Melina
pp. 89-104
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0092
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7. Tempted by Nothing, and: 8. Tempted by Everything: From Concerto al-Quds

Khaled Mattawa, Adonis
pp. 105-108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0093
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Either I’m Coming Back or I’m Not

Hal Alyan
p. 109
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0094
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The Buddha’s Son, and: The Buddha’s Wife

John Blair
pp. 110-112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0095
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4 AM, Tuesday, and: Atrophy

Jackson Burgess
pp. 113-114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0096
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The Next Century Won’t Be Kind to Anyone, and: Step Five Is to Make Your Own “Happy List”

John Gallaher
pp. 115-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0097
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We

Marielle Grenade-Willis
pp. 117-118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0098
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Letter from Nine Mile

Jackson Holbert
p. 119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0099
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From “White Alice Changes Hands”

Joan Naviyuk Kane
pp. 120-121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0100
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The Body Ghost, and: The Body Ghost, and: The Body Ghost

Joseph Lease
pp. 122-124
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0101
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From “Atlas Inutilis”

Cole Swensen, Hervé Le Tellier
p. 125
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0102
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Sonnet with Empty Pockets

Rachel Litchman
pp. 126-127
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0103
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Against Sentimentality, and: Preaching to the Choir

Timothy Liu
pp. 128-130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0104
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Impossible Map out of the Basement

Yael Massen
pp. 131-132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0105
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The Virgin Mary Has a Panic Attack

Anna D. Ralls
p. 136
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0107
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Atmospheric Perspective, and: Looking Into (The Present), and: Enclosure

Bin Ramke
pp. 137-139
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0108
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Space without Objects

Jessica Reed
p. 140
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0109
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That Unwinds the Moon that Pulls the Wheels of Time

Andrew Michael Roberts
pp. 141-142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0110
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Radar Loop, and: False Unicorn

F. Daniel Rzicznek
pp. 143-144
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0111
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At Age 10, I Rally Against My Sister’s Efforts to Spook Me with Some Ghost Stories, and: At Age 10, I Fall for My (Boy) Best Friend

Andy Sia
pp. 145-146
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0112
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outside is enough to touch and be free, and: Sanctified: A Mesostic

Giovanni Singleton
pp. 147-148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0113
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No Place

Jonathan Skinner
pp. 149-150
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0114
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From Destruction of Man

Abraham Smith
pp. 151-153
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0115
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[Adrift in Remains]

Dale Smith
pp. 154-155
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0116
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Untitled, and: Untitled, and: Untitled

J. Kates, Aigerim Tazhi
pp. 156-158
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0117
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From The Book of Others, and: From The Book of Others, and: From The Book of Others

Truong Tran
pp. 159-161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0118
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Snow Is Ample and Frank, and: A Draft

Jasmine Dreame Wagner
pp. 162-166
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0119
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Passing Goods, and: “It Was Easy—

Tyrone Williams
pp. 167-169
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0120
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Birds of New Jersey

Jess Williard
p. 170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0121
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Hawaii, and: Addendum

Sarah Rose Nordgren
pp. 133-135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0106
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Contributor Notes

pp. 171-176
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2017.0122
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