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Affirming Flame  [contents]

Introduction     Jennifer Margulies

sunshine   sharon bridgforth

Part I

Ghosts of New York (painting)  Christine Gilbert

Collateral   Wendy Taylor Carlisle

September Eleven, Two Thousand One Mamata Misra

Not a Movie    Christine Gilbert

Babble     Maggie Jochild

falling song   Richard Lance Williams

The Weather Inside   Scott Wiggerman

Something Is Burning   Michael Gullickson

American Air     Wendy Taylor Carlisle

this moment    sharon bridgforth

Dedication for Poetry Reading  Maggie Jochild

Part II

The River (painting)   Jill Alo

home     sharon bridgforth

september 12, 2001   T. Jackie Cuevas

What Gets in the Blood   Patrice Mallard

911      Terri Lynne Hudson

Illegal Haikus: not for purists  Ana Sisnett

News at Eleven   Carole Metellus

One American to Another  Jennifer Margulies

A Week in the Life   Scott Wiggerman

notes from the paramilitary high-surveillance american plantation  vincent woodard

Part III

Angel with Bombing Targets (painting) Jill Alo

white chess set    Terri Lynne Hudson

an american poem   Richard Lance Williams

Peace      Mim Scharlack

Gotta Take Yr Heroes Where Ye Find Them Thom the World Poet

Terrorism 1st – no love   Ivanho

some thoughts in a time of war Cindy Huyser

16 Questions     Rajasvini Bhansali

Part IV

After the Fall (painting)  Kathleen Claps

Six Months After   Marvin G. Kimbrough

Six Months     Maggie Jochild

Six Months Later   Jennifer Margulies

Cycles of Liberation   Carole Metellus

Contributors

Artists’ Statements

About the Editor

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