Subtropics Issue 6 Cover
Issue 6: spring/summer 2008

Fiction

  • John BrandonNaples. Not Italy.
  • Nadia KalmanRuslan and Ludmila and Osip and Stalina
  • Ricardo Silva Romero (translated by Joel Streicker) – The Husband of Maria Klossner
  • Jacob M. AppelAd Valorem
  • Timothy CookRed Star
  • Celeste NgTrick
  • Peter WellsA Titled Lady Requires . . .

Poetry

  • Averill CurdyTo the Mysterie & Company of Merchant Adventurers for the Discoverie of Regions, Dominions, Islands, & Places Unknown, Cold Heart
  • Silvio D’Arzo (translated by Douglas Basford) – Così vinti dal dolore (So overcome with pain)
  • Eric Van CleveShelley Explains the Concept of the Burqa to Keats
  • G. C. WaldrepThe Conquest of Mexico, Para(ballad)
  • A. E. StallingsListening to Peter and the Wolf with Jason, aged 3, The Dress of One Occasion
  • Ben DebusSwimming Obol River with My Brother, Spooner County, WI
  • Bruce BondTuning Fork
  • Jeffrey KahrsServing Tongs
  • Hai Zi (translated by Ye Chun) – Crossing the Ocean Holding a White Tiger, Four Sisters
  • John KinsellaCanto of the Theatre of Cruelty, Canto of the Struck, Canto of the Others
  • Anne Marie RooneyGospel of Mary, Italian Winter
  • Reginald ShepherdBeing Cold
  • Peter CooleyThe Hurricane Poem
  • Mark McBrideIn the Indian River Lagoon
  • Dan PinkertonBullied
  • Peggy Smith DukeJet Cars
  • Barry BensonAunt Clara’s Correspondence
  • Richard KenneyVolkerwanderung Again, Lightning Strikes the Protein-Rich Post-Cambrian Tide Pool
  • Cody WalkerAlcatraz, and Back
  • Mark TerrillA Poem for Those Who Mean Well
  • Mark McKainJob’s Cookbook
  • Megan Savage & Tracy TruelsAccidental Death #1, Pauline, Accidental Death #2, Katie and Jessica The Sisters
  • Tomaž Šalamun (translated by Brian Henry and the author) – Vrela grla (Boiling Throats)
  • F. Daniel RzicznekGreenbottle’s Tattoo
  • Joseph CampanaLadybug
  • John PochA Sail
  • Corey MarksLoss
  • Katherine Bode-LangThreshing
  • Terese SvobodaPainting Day
  • Joanne ChildersThe Hour Angle
  • David ChandlerAnniversary Poem
  • Barry SpacksStyle
  • Glenn ShaheenThe Halifax Explosion
  • Kathleen RooneyBrazilian Wedding: Dream No. 8
  • Lisa BowerBookends
  • Jay Baron NicorvoStone
  • Ryan FlahertyThe Approach, Diurnal
  • Arthur McMasterUnexpected Telephone Call
  • Brenda SieczkowskiSonnet Malhônnete
  • Christine PorebaCourting, Paynes Prairie
  • Bruce McRaeConspiracy
  • Suzanne ZweizigBicycling from Todtnauberg, Cicada
  • Catherine WingCounting Song #5