New Letters, Volume 69 Number 4

New Letters, Volume 69 Number 4
5 / Editor's Note Robert Stewart

F I C T I O N

7 / Threads on the Mountain, Pamela Schoenewaldt
41 / The Painter, Mike Lamb
87 / Sixteen Jackies, Lance Olsen
99 / On the Way to the Dewberry Gardens, Charlotte Forbes
155 / The Gift of Her Hands, Jean Hanson
177 / Panther in the Woods, Karen Bjorneby

P O E T R Y

21 / Six Poems, Sherman Alexie
31 / A Byzantine Nobleman Composing Verses, trans. by Aliki Barnstone, C. P. Cavafy
32 / Quartet for Judy, David Ray
37 / To an Old Poet, trans. by William Baer, J. L. Borges
38 / Footnote, Alice Friman
75 / Ogre, Anna Maggiore
76 / Two Poems, Diana O'Hehir
80 / Pythagoras, Zoë Anglesey
82 / Meridian, Mia Leonin
84 / Of Storytelling, Jayanta Mahapatra
141 / Night Heron, Taylor Stoehr
142 / Three Poems, Stuart Friebert
146 / Billy Goat with Alzheimer's, Tim Skeen
147 / Three Poems, Warren Slesinger
150 / Two Poems, Laurie Klein
152 / Two Poems, Simon Perchik

I N T E R V I E W S

53 / To Put on Perfume & Make Guns, conducted by Robert Stewart, Renée Stout
135 / A Way of Seeing, conducted by Lisa Dierbeck, Mary Gaitskill

E S S A Y S

67 / High, Low, Everywhere You Go, Janet Burroway
119 / An Infinity of Particular Things, Jodi Varon

R E V I E W S

193 / H. L. Hix, "The Dream of an Adequate Language": A review of essay books by Brenda Miller and John D'Agata (editor).
198 / Jonathan Holden, "Two American Books": A review of poetry books by B. H. Fairchild and Leslie Adrienne Miller.

A R T W O R K

Renée Stout, mixed media assemblages, paintings, sculptures, front cover & pages, 6, 20, 40, 65, 66, 74, 81, 98, 116-118, 154, 174-176, 192. (Interview with Renée Stout on page 53.)
Andy Warhol, painting, "Sixteen Jackies," page 86.
201 / New Programs: New Letters on the Air
202 / Visitors' Log: The New Letters Guest Book
203 / Celebrations: News From Our Authors
205 / NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
210 / Index to Volume 69 (numbers 1-4)

S T A F F

Editor: Robert Stewart

Administrative Director: Betsy Beasley

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Student Staff: Valerie Benz, Regan Cochran, Katie Gigax, Stuart Smith, Amy Thomas

Past Editors: Alexander Cappon, David Ray, James McKinley

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To Put on Perfume & Make Guns: An Interview with Renée Stout (Conducted by Robert Stewart)

NEW LETTERS:Renée, I have to start this conversation with something odd that just happened. You looked at the digital clock on this table - which is clicking away as we sit here - and saw what?

RENÉE STOUT: My birthdate: two, thirteen, fifty-eight.

NL:Well, that's a good way to find out when you were born. I also know that numbers are an important element of your artwork. Would that fit into the scheme of things in terms of a meaningful numerological event?

STOUT:The fact that that box was sitting here the whole time, and I didn't notice it until it has my birthdate, right then and there, well, let's say, this is where I'm supposed to be right now.

NL:How do numbers function in your art? In what ways do they influence what you do?

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