Issue of November 2, 2009

Love Medicine: Book Review by Wendy Robards — Book review "Love Medicine"

Wendy Robards reviews the book, "Love Medicine," by Louise Erdrich.

Finding the Moment by Barry Udoff — Cover story travel essay "Auschwitz"

Some people would argue that except for climate, a place is only a place, not different from all others. The memories of the earth, the streets, and the stones know better, and we would do well to listen to their whispers ...

An Interesting Emotion by Tyler Willson — Essay psychological grief death

Grief is an emotion we dread, yet need to embrace ...

Peek of the Week 219 by Lydia Manx — Photo art spiderweb

A dew-jeweled spiderweb on an autumn morning.

Transitions 34 by Sand Pilarski — Serial fiction family relationships

A roaring fire, a powerful storm, hallways darkened but for flashlights -- excitement! Adventure!

Lester Bledsoe, Pet Medium by Jonathan D. Scott — Short fiction humor mischance

She had legs from there to here, and if she ever had to brush something off her arm, it would be gold coins the size of a personal pizza ... but the important thing was that she had a dead ocelot ...