Sunday, January 6, 2013

Three poems and a short story

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"Invitation," a poem by Mike White, West Branch (Issue 65, Fall/Winter 2009).

"The Ruin of Amalfitano," a short story by Roberto Bolaño, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer, Harper's Magazine (October 2012, pp. 67-74).

"Remember to Learn from Your Mistakes," a poem by JodiAnn Stevenson, www.bowlofmilk.com (2003).

"Fruit," a poem by JodiAnn Stevenson, www.bowlofmilk.com (2004).

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Unless (Carol Shields)

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"In my new life--the summer of the year 2000--I am attempting to 'count my blessings.' Everyone I know advises me to take up this repellant strategy, as though they really believe a dramatic loss can be replaced by the renewed appreciation of all one has been given."

"My daughter is living like a vagabond on the streets of Toronto, but even so I had to have four yards of screened bark mulch delivered to the house this morning, $141.91, including haulage."

From Unless, a novel by Carol Shields (HarperCollins, 2002).

Friday, December 28, 2012

My Ántonia (Willa Cather)

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"I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America. I was ten years old then; I had lost both my father and mother within a year, and my Virginia relatives were sending me out to my grandparents, who lived in Nebraska."

From My Ántonia, a novel by Willa Cather (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918).

Sunday, November 18, 2012

A short story, a collection of short stories, and a novel

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"Killer," a short story by Len Kuntz, Silent Things (November 2, 2012).

Runaway, a collection of short stories by Alice Munro (Vintage, 2004).

The Stone Diaries, a novel by Carol Shields (Penguin, 1993).

Friday, October 19, 2012

Four poems and a short story

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"Where Voices Come From," a poem by Ted Meyer, Linebreak (August 30, 2012).

"Snow Day," a poem by Lauren Camp, Linebreak (October 16, 2012).

"White Night," a poem by Paulina Mazur, Extract(s) (June 12, 2012).

"Last Poem," a poem by Simon Armitage, Plume (Issue 14).

"The Killers," a short story by Kevin Tosca, fleeting (May 31, 2012).

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Fall 2012 issue of the Apple Valley Review

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The Fall 2012 issue of the journal features fiction by Thomas Andrew Green; essays by J. Malcolm Garcia and David MacWilliams; poetry by Arthur Powers, Donna Vorreyer, Ihor Pavlyuk (translated from the Ukrainian by Steve Komarnyckyj), Grant Clauser, Joanna Kurowska, Renee Emerson, Anna Evans, and Susan Ludvigson; and photography by Elle Moss.

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.