
$7.95
ISBN 0-9719742-1-7
ISSN 1540-3130
UPC 0 58125 74470 5
8 x 10 perfect bound.
164 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A life moment for James W. Hall
Nature Calls by Jim Schuessler
A life moment for Michael Palmer
Done for Another Week by Patrick Riley
The Building of a Timber Frame House — a story told in photographs by Larry Lewis
Selling a House: Moving On by Margaret Northam
Proposing: Drinking: A Love Story by Ben Tanzer
A life moment for Tom Franklin
Eight Easy Steps to Losing Your Mind or Observations on Living Alone in NYC by Lisa Yelon
Resolution by Niama L. Williams
A life moment for Elwood Reid
I was a drive-thru bride – a non-fictional wedding tale by Amanda Pritchard Moore
If you’ve never stepped in dog poop by Linda Simone
Let Sleeping Boys Lie by Debra Wierenga
White Rice by Janet Buck
City Planner with a Pointer and a Blueprint talking to the Engineer at the Board Meeting regarding the Building of the Expressway, Boston, MA, Sometime During the 1960s by Tim Malone
Atlas Take a Nap by Jack Bowman
Rites by Phillip Corwin
Break Up by Don “Kingfisher” Campbell
The Photography of Rochelle Ratner
The Photography of Mikko Cook
A Vacation in Loveless by Zachary Houle
I’d die if I could come back new — A fiction collective
Renewal Reception Redemption by September Levi, Jeff Vande Zande, and Mark Saba
Bending the Nail — an excerpt from a novel by Tom Short
These Things by Jon Mayor
I Need it to be Real by NK Shapiro
SUPER SPECIAL BONUS MATERIAL
A Reader’s Guide to The Guide to Life
JOURNAL ENTRIES
Page one: [ The worst university ever ]Editor’s note
Letters & emails
Twelve things of note
In praise of . . . [ Johnny Unitas ]
Things we have learned since the last issue
Mistakes we made in the last issue
Literary travel: [ New York City ]
Overlooked art: [ Model Box Art ]
Politically speaking [ The frontlines of volunteerism ]
Around Midnight
Contributors
Aspects of culture [ Fashion makes waves ]
REVIEWS
The CD Shelf
James Lee Stanley – TRACES OF THE OLD ROAD
Hem – RABBIT SONGS
Brown Couch Band – CURIOUS
Bleu – REDHEAD
Jude Johnstone – COMING OF AGE
Matt Nathanson – WHEN EVERYTHING MEANT EVERYTHING
Movemeant – MOVEMEANT EP
Carrie Weiland – NO REALLY, I’M FINE
The Magazine Rack
The Bellevue Review / Downstate / McSweeney’s #9 / Watchword / RUINS / WEGWAY
The Book Shelf
Paula McLain’s Like Family
Wulf Zendik’s A Quest Among the Bewildered
Phillip Corwin’s Doomed in Afghanistan
Suzanne Burns’ The Flesh Procession