elise partridge (b. 1958)

In the Barn

Rural Route

Chemo Side Effects: Memory

Chemo Side Effects: Vision

First Days Back At Work

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george elliott clarke (b. 1960)

The River Pilgrim: A Letter

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Monologue for Selah Bringing Spring to Whylah Falls 214 Ecclesiastes 215 Lear of Whylah Falls 215 This Given Day 216

steven heighton (b. 1961)

The Machine Gunner

Address Book

Le Vaisseau d’Or

In Sparta

Selected Monsters

How to Judge

Battle Cry from The Men lisa robertson (b. 1961)

david mcgimpsey (b. 1962)

In Memoriam: A.H. Jr.

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Index of Authors

Acknowledgements

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