Blue Mesa Review 7
The Mythic Southwest

Editor: David Johnson

With photos by Miguel Gandert
            La Querncia: Moctezuma and the Landscape of Desire Enrique Lamadrid
Myth and Progress V.B. Price
All the Colors of Sunset Luci Tapahanso
The Ghost and the Swallows Criss Jay
With a Young Rabbi in Chimayo Chriss Jay
The Snake Sergio Troncoso
Beginning Harvena Richter
Mt. Taylor Tina Carlson
Midwives Cathryn McCracken
No Me Gusta le Chile Gabriel Herrera
One For Easy To Talk To Karla Kuyaca
Durango Karla Kuyaca
The Weight of Fallen Angels E.A. Mares
The Rare Capture & Transformation of Canyon Jefferson Adams
The Body by Fog Jefferson Adams
Three Mornings in the Floating World Jeanne Shannon
Black Widow Sharon Hatfield
For Joan Robert Edwards
Old Oraibi Robert Edwards
Doña Fortunata and Andrés Cookies, Cuentos and Friendship Mary Helen Fierro Klare
Cohiti Corn Dance Roberta Swann
Fire in the Hole Roberta Swann
Drought Trebbe Johnson
Barnyard Peter Wild
Millionaires Peter Wild
Discovering a Christian Albino Carrillo
Hymnal: Winter 1980
The Placenta Laurie Kutchins
Afternoon Along Laurie Kutchins
The Firehole River Laurie Kutchins
Cosas, Inc. José Esquinas
Onslaught in the Upper Western Hemisphere Jeffrey Lamar Coleman
Alone in Presence of Air Jeffrey Lamar Coleman
Bus Station, Itea, Greece Sören Johnson
The Waitress Erika Lenz
Drawing Blood Cody Wasner
In America Yellow is Still an Insult Amy L. Uyematsu
In a Room Named Shimmer Amy L. Uyematsu
Nervous John Couturier
Beyond Science C. John Grahm
Cousins Once Removed Pauline Mounsey
The One Who Fell Mario Materassi
The Dissolution Leilani Wright
Marks in My Skin Craig M. Baehr
Quick Glenna Luschei
My Father’s Story Troung Tran
My Father’s Legacy Troung Tran
Aunt Margie is Supposed to Die by Christmas William B. Smith
Wet Paint Henry Rael, Jr.
From the Terrace Kathleen Spivack
After Summer Kathleen Spivack
You Ask What I am Thinking About Joanna Brooks
The Dream of the White Bird Lyn Lifshin
Watermelon Tree Joe Pitkin
Mental Chess Thomas Swiss
Walkie Talkie Thomas Swiss
Words in My Mouth, Don’t put Them Robert Masterson
Stealing Cars for Kelly Ashner Robert Masterson
McLean County Highway Carrie Etter
Not Quite Auden Carl Mayfield
The Meaning of North Dallas Bobby Byrd
The One-Handed Mary Enid Osborn
The Almanac is Predicting a Harsh Winter Jennifer L. Miller
The Clock Inside My Father Breaks Alexis Rotella
Run For Ice Alexis Rotella
Another September Song Glen Sorestad
Streetlights Jenny Goldberg
Rights Iqbal Pittalwala
About the Author Heather O’Shea Gordon
When I Dream Nancy Spungen Michael Sinclair
Modern Love I Robert Burlingame
Modern Love II Robert Burlingame
Pavane Jeanne Shannon

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