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Heartlands 2006
 
Heartlands, A Magazine of Midwest Life & Art, Volume 4 is out.
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Contents & Writers
Nonfiction:
Poetry:
Near Sighted Vision- Kaye Bache-Snyder
Near Staunton Mill- Revecca Lilly
Velveeta is the Only Cheese- Anne Panning
Bee Harvest- Walter Knupfer
My Father's Gardens- Joanne Jackson
A Dumb Accident- Knute Skinner
Home Thoughts- Wendy Jones Nakanishi
The Hangover- Knute Skinner
My Military Industrial Complex- Gary Buslik
Solipsistic Hillside- Doug Ramspeck
There is Only Now- Steve Koelsch
Fiction:
For A Junkie Shooting Up- Ken Miesel
All Roads Lead to the Country- David Michael Wolach
Signs- Alan Ambrisco
Mugsy Donovan at the Library- Andrew W. Grossman
Snapshot- Alan Ambrisco
The Man Who Fell Through the Sky- Mike Hampton
Mona's Eagle- Laura Elizabeth Pearson
The Fall of the Gilt Angel- Lois Barliant
Rain Began Hitting the Window- Carol Smallwood
Fish Story- Troy Tradup
Wren on Earth- Dale M. Kushner
IKEA and Me- Sara Jane Rattan
Sunday Mornings- Carol Hattrup
Disappearing in My Rearview Mirror- Paul Freidinger
Features:
60s Summer Night- Paul Freidinger
Art of Country Grain Elevators-
Empty Nest- Judith Ford
     Jon Volkmer & Bruce Selyem
Dad Speech Number Nine- Emily Bobo
Back to the Wild-, Mona Rutger
The Bad Kid- William DeGenaro
Class Poets
Ojibwe Lake- Michael Metz
Our Readers Write: A Sense of Community
What is Touched to Reach Something Else-
James Wright's Lifeline & Bibliography- Larry Smith      Rodney Torreson
Hatchet Job- Boyd Bauman
Photographic Essays:
Tattoo- Mark Putzi
Midwest Country Life - LCCC Students
Jungle Book- Mike Waldecki
People of the Midwest - LCCC Students
Last Word- Sammy Greenspan
Grain Elevators- Becky Dickerson & Rebecca Colon
A Poem for Liz- Marce Wood
Midwest Life in the City - LCCC Students
More- Janet K. Kretschman
Additional Photos By: Becky Dickerson, Bruce Selyem,
Because a Famous Poet Told Me Not To- Emily Bobo
     and Larry Smith
As I Walk on Whiskey Island in Winter- Mary O'Malley
 
Reviews:
James Wright, The Person Behind the Poems- Larry Smith
Resonating Newness- Michael McMahon

Editorial Staff & Publication Information
Managing Editor................................................ Larry Smith
Manuscript Editor............................................. Wilma Daugherty
Co-Managing Editor......................................... Susanna Sharp-Schwacke
Layout/Design................................................... Susanna Sharp-Schwacke
Assistant Manager........................................... Yvonne Stella
Photography Editor........................................... Becky Dickerson
Nonfiction Editor............................................... Nancy Dunham
Fiction Editor...................................................... Connie Willett Everett
Poetry.................................................................. David Shevin & Lin Ryan-Thompson
Reviews Editor................................................... Larry Smith
Copy.................................................................... Staff & Members of The Firelands Writing Center
Cover Art by Bruce Selyem, 2006©
Additional Graphics by Susanna Sharp-Schwacke
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