April 1997 Issue 256

Departments

Contributors

Correspondence

Sunbeams

The Sun Interview

The Clear Path To Creativity
An Interview With Dan Wakefield

D. Patrick Miller

Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

How I Lost My Mind, And Other Adventures
Poe Ballantine

The Happiest Man On The Beach
Alison Luterman

In Appreciation Of The Ground
Brad Bannister

My Father's Place
Kim Stafford

Fiction

Man Standing Under A Rocket Taking Off For The Moon
Poe Ballantine

Equinox
Anne Dooley

Nearly Kosher
Ellyn Bache

Poetry

Thus You Have Five Yellow Cards And Still Have Not Advanced: A Question of Scruples
Jennifer Bosveld

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Antler

That Other August 6
Lyn Lifshin

The Harrowing
Rebecca Seiferle

Readers Write

Habits