Nance Van Winckel has published three collections of poetry and three collections of short stories, most recently Curtain Creek Farm: Stories (Persea). Her poems in this issue are from her fourth book of poetry, Beside Ourselves (Miami University), forthcoming in 2003.

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Poets in this issue: Richard Robbins, Nance Van Winckel, Leonard Kress, Amy Newman, Stephen Malin, Jeffrey Skinner, Roger Mitchell, Naton Leslie, J. Gallaher, Boyer Rickel, Richard Speakes, Leonard Nathan, Eric Leigh, Ted Kooser, Michelle Boisseau, Richard Shelton, John Haines, Christopher Southgate, Michael Waters, Jeanne Murray Walker, David St. John