AQR - Vol. 13, No. 1 & 2, Long Stories, Short Stories & True Stories, Fall & Winter 1994

About the Cover

In Napaskiak, Alaska, Father Guest blesses the waters for a prosperous fishing season in the coming year.

©1993 James H. Barker

Table of Contents

Editor’s Note, Ronald Spatz
A Death in Brooklyn, Terry Quinn
Puppyland, Amber Dorko
Six Days: Some Rememberings, Grace Paley
Convocation, Alison Bake
Daughter of the Gold Rush, John Dalton
Gods of the Earth at Home, Diane Williams
Offering It up, John Skoyles
To Reach this Season, Edith Pearlman
The Invention of Memory, Ilan Stavans
Windows of the Soul, Patricia Hampl
Defying Gravity, George Kuttner
Concentration, Zachary Lazar
The Zone of Experimentation, Mark Wisniewski
Hotel Room with My Brother, Fred G. Leebron
May, May, May, Rachel Carpenter
Damnit, Darnit, Lara Stapleton
Nesting, Cliff Hudder
The One Who Watches, Judith Ortiz Cofer
Romance, Steve Stern
The Bill, Susan Minot
Her Beautiful Round Face, Bear Kirkpatrick
Current, Stuart Dybek
Days in the Field, John Haines
Church Cancels Cow, Amy Hempel