Concho Riber - Concho River Review
Concho River Review Spring 2014 CONTENTS FICTION RED VELVET CAKE ................................................................... 6 Raymond Arcangel DEAD RINGER ........................................................................... 17 Robert McGuill LA BOCA ....................................................................................... 33 Michael McGuire AIRBORNE.................................................................................... 44 Paula Starche NONFICTION DON’T FENCE ME IN .............................................................. 49 Lily Iona MacKenzie THANKSGIVING FOR SPIDERS .......................................... 56 J. Michael Mumme ON SPAIN, RUINS, DOGS, AND PROUST ......................... 66 John Robinson TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: A LOOK AT TEXAS POETS LAUREATE ..................................................... 78 Jan Seale POETRY PREREQUISITE ........................................................................... 89 Alan Birkelbach CHEAP SLEEP ............................................................................. 90 Jane Blanchard PUHAHABITU.............................................................................. 91 David Bowles ~1~ Concho River Review Spring 2014 OCTOBER SURPRISE, 2004 .....................................................92 Matthew Brennan SHORTY CAMERON, WITNESS TO THE SHOOT-OUT: LAST CHANCE SALOON, GOLD CREEK, COLORADO TERRITORY ..................................................................................93 Robert Cooperman BOX #27..........................................................................................95 Holly Day MESOPOTAMIANS.....................................................................96 Matt Dennison THE PUMP .....................................................................................97 Matt Dennison THE BIG SNOW ...........................................................................98 Paul Dickey 1941 ...................................................................................................99 Paul Dickey THE ANTIDOTE ...................................................................... 100 Colin Dodds IT’S CALLED A GENTLEMAN’S CLUB ............................ 101 Colin Dodds LIMIT ............................................................................................ 102 Richard Donnelly NO BIG THING ........................................................................ 103 Bob Gaskin DON’T SAY A WORD.............................................................. 104 Mark Goad ~2~ Concho River Review Spring 2014 BREATHE DEEP ....................................................................... 105 Mark Goad IT’S LIKE SQUARE DANCING IN THE THIRD GRADE (NOW AND THEN) .................................................................. 106 Mark Goad VOTE FOR ME .......................................................................... 107 Jonathan Greenhause LES GISANTS ............................................................................ 108 Lynn Hoggard ICARUS DROWNING SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS .......... 109 Ulf Kirchdorfer POEM FOR CHARLESTON................................................... 110 Jozie Konczal AFRICA ......................................................................................... 112 Mary Soon Lee FIRST ARREST ........................................................................... 113 John McKernan * ....................................................................................................... 114 Simon Perchik SUMMER BEGINS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS ........................................................................................... 115 Brittany Tacconi ON THE SEAWALL .................................................................. 116 Carl Wade Thompson APOCALPYSE NOW ................................................................ 117 David Vancil THE ROMAN BATHS AT POITIERS, FRANCE, 1962 ... 118 David Vancil ~3~ Concho River Review Spring 2014 TREE TRIMMERS..................................................................... 119 Grant Vecera LILITH’S STORY ....................................................................... 120 Dan Williams A CORRESPONDENCE OF SORTS ................................... 122 Harold Whit Williams IT’S WHAT WE’RE ALL THINKING ................................. 123 Harold Whit Williams BOOK REVIEWS ALL THE LAND TO HOLD US ........................................... 124 By Rick Bass Reviewed by Stephen M. Davis AUTHENTIC TEXAS: PEOPLE OF THE BIG BEND .. 127 Edited by Marcia Hatfield Daudistel and Bill Wright Reviewed by E.R. Bills THE EYE OF THE MAMMOTH .......................................... 129 By Stephen Harrigan Reviewed by Merridawn Duckler CORMAC MCCARTHY’S HOUSE: READING MCCARTHY WITHOUT WALLS ......................................... 131 By Peter Josyph Reviewed by Wallis R. Sanborn, III DREAM STREET DETAILS: POEMS ................................. 135 By Linda King Reviewed by Robert Kostuck THE PECAN: A HISTORY OF AMERICA’S NATIVE NUT ............................................................................................... 138 By James McWilliams Reviewed by Laurence Musgrove ~4~ Concho River Review Spring 2014 ¡JUVENTUD! GROWING UP ON THE BORDER .......... 141 Edited by René Saldaña, Jr. and Erika Garza-Johnson Reviewed by Amy Cummins FRIEDRICHSBURG: A NOVEL ............................................ 144 By Friedrich Armand Strubberg Reviewed by Mary Ellen Hartje WALKING TOWARD SOLSTICE ......................................... 146 By Anca Vlasopolos Reviewed by Ramona Reeves WINIFRED SANFORD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TEXAS WRITER ........................................................................ 150 By Betty Holland Wiesepape Reviewed by Anna Saikin CONTRIBUTORS ...................................................................... 153 ~5~
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