The Fall 2009 issue of the Apple Valley Review

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The Fall 2009 issue of the journal features prose poetry by Luiza Oleszczuk; poetry by Michael Lauchlan, Marge Piercy, Jin Cordaro, Ioan Flora (translated from the Romanian by Adam J. Sorkin and Elena Borta), David LaBounty, Bernard Henrie, Gail Braune Comorat, Mary MacGowan, Yun Wang, Anne Britting Oleson, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, Laura McCullough, and Melissa Adamo; fiction by Elaine Barnard and Kathleen Thomas; essays by J. W. Young and Erika Kleinman; and artwork by Jacob Collins.

The Apple Valley Review is a semiannual online literary journal. The current issue, previous issues, subscription information, and complete submission guidelines are available at www.applevalleyreview.com.

"The Bats" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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First published in Zyzzyva (Spring 1993) and subsequently included in her short story collection Arranged Marriage (Anchor/Doubleday 1995).