Smoking With Toshiya Kamei Art by Dave Clapper What drew you to this story? How did the piece challenge your translation talents? This is one of my favorite stories. I thought it was so right for SmokeLong, and didn't send it to anywhere else. What has been Edgar's response to your translations? Edgar is very pleased with this publication. He has sent me more stories since "The Law" appeared in the last issue of SmokeLong. His writer friends in Mexico have congratulated both of us. What have we, as readers, gained by reading A DROP OF DEW in English? What have we lost? I'm just happy that SmokeLong has been read internationally. The story appears in English and Spanish, so I encourage everyone to read both versions. How's the MFA in translation going? What are the greatest tests (and rewards) of the program so far? This semester I'm teaching two classes and taking two. Finding time to work on my translations has been a challenge for me. A new year approaches (yikes!). So, what’s the best that 2005 had to offer in literature, web sites, music, movies, television, DVD, and the like? Also, any predictions for 2006? And we’d love to hear your New Year’s resolution. As for my New Year's resolution, I hope to translate more stories in 2006. Read A Drop of Dew.
	Issue Eleven (December 15, 2005): Forks in the Road by Eve Abrams «» Retirement Home by Greg Ames «» A Drop of Dew by Edgar Omar Avilés, translated by Toshiya Kamei «» No One Left to Care About the Fat Man by Rusty Barnes «» The Mother's Guide to Flight Patterns by Theresa Boyar «» It's All True by Nadine Darling «» What She Gave to the Sea by Katrina Denza «» It by Patry Francis «» Cemetery Day by Laurie Frankel «» Cityscape by Judd Hampton «» The Black Squirrels of Ottawa by Niranjana Iyer «» Diagnosis by Beverly A. Jackson «» Green Monster by Erica Plouffe Lazure «» Sophie, Now by Mary McCluskey «» A Blind Dog Named Killer and a Colony of Bees by Mary Miller «» The Sky Is a Well by Claudia Smith «» You Only Get One Chance to Be El Latigo by Elizabeth Smith «» Flights by Jim Tomlinson «» Song of Giants by Girija Tropp «» Ice by Joseph Young «» Interviews: Eve Abrams «» Greg Ames «» Rusty Barnes «» Theresa Boyar «» Myfanwy Collins «» Nadine Darling «» Katrina Denza «» Patry Francis «» Laurie Frankel «» Judd Hampton «» Marty D. Ison «» Niranjana Iyer «» Beverly A. Jackson «» Toshiya Kamei «» Erica Plouffe Lazure «» Mary McCluskey «» Mary Miller «» Claudia Smith «» Elizabeth Smith «» Jim Tomlinson «» Girija Tropp «» Joseph Young «» Cover Art "Detail of The Death of Susan" by Marty D. Ison «» Letter From the Editor