Issue Nine

June 2005

From the Editor

Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us! We’re two years old! At times, it feels as if we’ve been around much, much longer. At others, it feels like we just started publishing SLQ yesterday. Normally, I write only about the current issue in this missive, but this once, I’d like to take a little… Continue reading Issue Nine

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Irvin Hammers a Cat House Mike Young(Read author interview)
In the Dust Joseph Young(Read author interview)
Pet Snail Sam Vaknin(Read author interview)
Living in Sin Stephen Ausherman(Read author interview)
China Michelle Garren Flye(Read author interview)
In Too Deep Kay Sexton(Read author interview)
How We Can Be Saved Max Ruback(Read author interview)
Eros Henry Stanton(Read author interview)
Saft Jai Clare(Read author interview)
The Woman Who Sold her Flute to Buy a Cabbage Maggie Shearon(Read author interview)
Bird Tree Lesley C. Weston(Read author interview)
Pornography Steve Almond(Read author interview)
Brisket Stuart Dybek(Read author interview)
A Deep Desire for Blue Alexandra Fox(Read author interview)
The Names of Things Cami Park(Read author interview)

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