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Tabaré Alvarezthose new shoots, and a few times he thought to turn around and goback to the village.He didn’t know how he wanted to spend the years ahead. Hewould try for a simple life. Maybe he would try new things. As for hisbid for immortality, for the moment he would stand back. After all,upon discovery of a new species, it was bad form to do the namingoneself.12 u Crab Orchard Review
Jamey GennaGoat HerderAileen was trying to get home fast the day she became thegoat herder. They had started closing the school gates by four o’clock,and she was forever getting trapped inside the high school grounds.She liked to stay after, grade papers, check for cheating or giftedness.But the last time she stayed late, the principal had ordered all thegates, with their thick yellow bars, pushed shut early because of somespecial event taking place over on the field later that night. She andfour or five other late-stayers, teachers who were afternoon workers,not morning people, dedicated maybe, hadn’t known about the gates.She was trapped in like some stupid animal—the new principal wasalways implementing some new rule. Aileen didn’t think she herselfwas really all that dedicated; she just didn’t like to take her work homewith her. To be fair to herself, she had to admit—it had only beenrecently that she’d gotten this attitude. She had never minded stayinglate or taking home work before this past year. It was just that time hadbecome a limited resource.The last time she’d gotten locked in, she had had to drive aroundto every exit, and then she had to ask the janitors to let her out.“Oh, are you trapped in the school?” Chuckling at her, whileshe waited in her car. They’d yakked back and forth on their walkietalkiesfor ten minutes. Finally, she just drove back over to the middleschool gate again, got out and checked the padlock, which was on butunlocked.She had wanted to yell at the janitors. Tell them she had to gethome—she had a teenage daughter who needed to go to treatmentthree times a week. But she didn’t want them to know her business—ateacher whose kid had problems with drugs and alcohol. She knewbetter than to try to get any sympathy, and she knew better than tolose her temper with the maintenance crew. Some of them could makeyour life hell if you let it show how annoying their slow, lazy attitudeswere. Administration acted like maintenance crew should be given amedal because they had to work so hard for a living—because theyCrab Orchard Review u 13
Page 1: CR A B ORCH A R• •R E V I E WDV
Page 6 and 7: Crab Orchard Review wishes to expre
Page 9: The editors and staff of Crab Orcha
Page 12 and 13: Po e t r yDick Allen Small Hometown
Page 14 and 15: Jake Adam York A Natural History of
Page 16 and 17: The 2010 Ri c h a r d Pe t e r s o
Page 19 and 20: Tabaré AlvarezThe Names of BambooT
Page 21 and 22: Tabaré Alvarezin their cooking. Th
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Page 33 and 34: Jamey Gennanow—only fourteen, Ail
Page 35 and 36: Jamey GennaThe damn goat was so stu
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Page 39 and 40: Jamey GennaAileen and Josie were ju
Page 41 and 42: Dick Allengossiping or gardening. I
Page 43 and 44: Jeffrey Beanto this place where not
Page 45 and 46: Bruce Bondthe man of his unbearable
Page 47 and 48: Bruce Bondshe understand of unspeak
Page 49 and 50: Bruce BondWhere there is power, the
Page 51 and 52: Heidi CzerwiecSpiral Jetty, Great S
Page 53 and 54: B.K. FischerMaternity Bathing SuitN
Page 55 and 56: Dionne IrvingCanalThere has been di
Page 57 and 58: Dionne Irvingend of days. There are
Page 59 and 60: Dionne Irvingand practiced strokes.
Page 63: Dionne IrvingHe was trying hard to
Page 66 and 67: Dionne Irving“Leave them,” he s
Page 68: Janet McNallyFind Me an Animal with
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Page 74 and 75: Janet McNallymy hand and admired th
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Page 78 and 79: Janet McNallybe trying to make frie
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Janet McNallyWhen I return to my ho
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Carrie GreenCross-Pollination—DeL
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Carrie GreenThe Lue Gim Gong Grape/
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Carrie GreenThe Lue Gim Gong Seven-
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Carrie Greenand wither, petals fall
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Elizabeth HazenBurning TrashBoys st
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Luke JohnsonSurvey PhotographIcicle
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Luke JohnsonWidows PeakThe man may
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Rachel Meierable to convince her to
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Rachel MeierOn Thursday, she though
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Rachel Meierthe last insomniatic we
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Rachel Meierexhilarating and guilt-
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Rachel MeierTo Emma’s complete di
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Rachel Meiershe read easily and wit
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Rachel Meierunmistakable hum of a m
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Sarah NanceThe sheets at our hotel
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Sarah Nance“I miss the house too,
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Sarah NanceFor three mornings in a
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Sarah Nanceadopted a monarchy. June
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Sarah Nance“Why are you seeing he
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Sarah Nanceaged, even though my mot
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Sarah Nanceof June’s skirt. I loo
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Michael LevanStopped on a Train fro
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Michael LevanWalking through the We
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Angie MacriAxilsFrom Bee Branchto C
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Angie MacriThe March Down, Arkansas
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Tara McDanielMy Stepmother, Having
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Aimee NezhukumatathilInside a Diora
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James NolanAn Excerpt from Higher G
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James Nolanroofing nails, hear?”
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James Nolananymore. When she studie
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James NolanThen before she knew it,
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James Nolan“If one more thing goe
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James Nolan“Any kids?”“His,
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Shannon Sweetnamtoothbrush. It’s
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Shannon Sweetnamher purse, a duffel
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Shannon SweetnamAt home, that eveni
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Shannon Sweetnamthings he used to c
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Shannon Sweetnaminto bed. She think
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Shannon Sweetnamdance near the stag
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Shannon SweetnamGeorgian, ranch and
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Jonathan RiceColumbiaThe shuttle, u
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Jonathan RicePassoverWhen I heard y
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Jonathan Ricesold from under us—a
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Jonathan RiceThe Least of UsLightni
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J. Allyn RosserRoyal Dream, or Remi
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J. Allyn RosserSplit InfinitivesIt
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Carrie ShipersThe Dollmaker’s Dau
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Anya SilverThe Boy-Shaped PuzzleHow
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Anya SilverThe Ninety-Third Name of
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Brian SimoneauElegy with a Chance o
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Theresa D. SmithNocturne in Gray-Bl
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Brian M. BiggsDuring the Vietnam Wa
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Brian M. Biggsmouths, stood a few m
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Brian M. BiggsAt our marble-topped
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Brian M. Biggsseparated by more tha
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Brian M. BiggsEric didn’t call or
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Brian M. BiggsSaigon Government. Th
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Brian M. Biggs“Vietnamese people,
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Ryan TeitmanVespersPeel an orange,
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Ryan TeitmanComplineThere were no r
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Ryan TeitmanVigilsHere is a morning
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Mary Van DenendCamino de la LuzPast
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Mary Van DenendMigrationsSix days o
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Mary Van DenendWatermarksIt is only
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Ronald WallaceLost and FoundSeventh
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Jake Adam YorkA Natural History of
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Barrie Jean BorichOn a Clear Day, C
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Barrie Jean Borichthe outer shore o
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Barrie Jean Borichthousand ships a
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Barrie Jean Borichme, about a spook
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Barrie Jean Borichmore than to come
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Barrie Jean Borichstands on a dock,
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Barrie Jean BorichShe sees a city o
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Ira SukrungruangKeith had acquired
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Ira SukrungruangThe landlord recoil
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Ira Sukrungruangbars of Boston’s
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Ira SukrungruangEvery package was a
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Ira Sukrungruangpushing off the woo
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Contributors’ NotesDick Allen’s
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Contributors’ NotesPeter Kline’
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Contributors’ NotesJonathan Rice
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Contributors’ NotesJake Adam York
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Crab Orchard SeriesIn Poetry2010 OP
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Crab Orchard SeriesIn PoetryFIRST B
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