Highway 61, Revised Table of Contents Still Life with Avocados by Katryn Conlin ................................................. 5 No One Laments a Terrible Roommate by Kathleen VanCor ........................... 6 Persephone’s Canvas by Emily Possehl ...................................................... 7 Kore by Elliot Engberg ......................................................................... 7 Story: The Sandbox Hot Tub and Nadiya’s Dumb Brother by Kate Thompson .... 8 Bus Stop by Elliot Engberg ................................................................... 13 Melting Snow by Sam Beurskens ............................................................ 14 I Stepped on My Guitar by Katryn Conlin ................................................ 15 Grievance by Emily Possehl .................................................................. 16 Story: Max by Katryn Conlin ................................................................ 17 Cut You Off by Kate Thompson .............................................................22 Essay: The Sky is Not Blue by Nick Shannon .............................................23 New Eve by Sam Beurskens ...................................................................28 On Ice By Robert Bidon ......................................................................29 Essay: Wheeling Wausau by Sam Beurskens .............................................. 30 Slough by Emily Possehl ......................................................................35 Krampusnacht by Kathleen VanCor ........................................................36 Essay: My Life, Approximately by Peter Smith ..........................................37 Mississippi River: A Ballad By Maria Jimenez .......................................... 44 Firewood by Emily Possehl .................................................................. 44 Story: An Old Friend by Danielle Nation .................................................45 Fallen Dust by Emily Possehl ................................................................. 51 Memoir: Summer, 1976 by Katryn Conlin................................................52 Short Lived by Ashley Schroeder .............................................................55 Story: The Beheld by Emily Possehl ........................................................57 Ballad of a Killer Cat by Kathleen VanCor ................................................63 Gryllidae Trill by Danielle Nation ......................................................... 64 Down by the River, Let Us Walk by Katryn Conlin ......................................65 The Unbearable Cuteness of Leo by Katryn Conlin .....................................66 Essay: Tossing Out Tradition by Emily Possehl ..........................................67 “Oh No, It’s Another Nature Poem.” by Danielle Nation ..............................72 April Storm by Elliot Engberg ...............................................................73 Essay: Hippity Hoppity Rabbit Haters and Their Ways by Mayr Boros ............74 Heart of Thistles by Kathleen VanCor ......................................................77 The Purple Hyacinth by Ashley Schroeder ................................................79 “And they say God only gives us as much as we can handle.”by Tyler Janssen ......96 Ghosts by Emily Possehl ......................................................................97 Index by Author ...........................................................................98 Illustrations & Typography ..............................................................99 Page 3
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