Essay
- Howells and the Right American Stuff William H. Pritchard
Memoir
- Raw Material Jane M. Maher
Fiction
- Reza Says Igor Webb
Poetry
- Prophecy; The Lunatic, The Lover, and the Poet Dana Gioia
- Mrs. Mason and the Poets David Mason
- After a Calm Day Terri Witek
- Schooled in the Open Sea; Divertimento 563; Mosquitoes; April Conrad Hilberry
- Drab Kitchen-Sink Drama; Moving In: Saturday Morning John Ridland
- Night Ferry from the Island Philip White
- Memorial; Chris St. George Mark Kraushaar
Chronicles
- LATC Richard Hornby
- The Russes at 101 Marcia B. Siegel
- At the Galleries Karen Wilkin
- Conductor Versus Conductor Erick Neher
Reviews
- Listening to Flannery O'Connor Dean Flower
- What Plagues Us Now Tom Wilhelmus
- Infringement on the Common Heritage Brooke Allen
- Five Writers Reckoning Susan Balée
- The Elements of Style Mark Jarman
Comment
- Letter from Haiti: Tremblement de Terre! The Gods Turned Their Faces Away Herbert Gold