BPJ Summer 2009 Vol. 59 No. 4

Summer 2009 Vol. 59 No. 4


Zhang Zhilan
"Old Shih Tzu," painting, 1991	Cover
Mary Greene
design	Cover
Hadara Bar-Nadav
Family of Strangers	5
Ellen Kombiyil
Cerberus and Persephone	6
Peggy Aylsworth
Adjustments	8
Peter Munro
Lullaby in Storm Light	9
Bleeding Cod	10
Ritual on Deck Before an Approaching Low	12
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)	13
Simon Perchik
[These waves still surface...]	14
Michael Jones
Home Cooking	15
Shon Arieh-Lerer, translator
Walinu, by Toby Wiliguru Pambardu	16
First Truck, by Toby Wiliguru Pambardu	17
Joe Wilkins
Notes from the Journey Westward	22
Luke Johnson
Corn Snake as Compass	23
Avery Slater
Bullet Proof	24
Joseph Duemer
A Dog in Hanoi	30
Farewell to September	31
Exile	32
Benjamin Jackson
Bloodlines	33

BOOKS IN BRIEF
Lee Sharkey, reviewer
A Human I	40
Adrienne Rich, A Human Eye: Essays on Art in Society, 1997-2008	40
Adrienne Rich, Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems 2004-2006	42