Reed Magazine 2008

Reed Magazine is proud to present the 2008 edition featuring ZZ Packer as a guest judge for the Steinbeck Award and Sam Hamill as a guest judge for the Markham Prize, an interview with Dorothy Allison and George Saunders, and many great works from talent all over the world.

Congratulations to:

Renato Escudero, winner of the Steinbeck Award for Short Story

Carl Auerbach, winner of the Markham Prize for Poetry

Ed Sams, winner of the Reed Magazine and MLK Library Treasures from the Archive Competition 2008

Table of Contents and Excerpts from Reed Magazine 2008:

Fiction

"Doctoring" by Jacob M. Appel

"Herding" by Carol Arnold

"Barrio Exorcism" by Renato Escudero

"Free Radicals" by Vanessa Farnsworth

"Girlyman" by Pierre Hauser

"Slumber" by Blackie Lugo

"Outcast of Abram" by Margaret Paterson

Poetry

"On Charity" by Carl Auerbach

"On Love" by Carl Auerbach

"The Problem of Evil" by Carl Auerbach

"My Grandfather" by Mohammad Awadalla

"A Palestinian's Guide to Mourning" by Mohammad Awadalla

"Matthew 13:15" by Cynthia Baer

"Hot Dog" by Peter Bosel

"You Can't Write a Poem About September 11" by Shannon Bowman-Sarkisian

"Olives" by Stephanie Chan

"dear pops i'm trying" by Mark Heinlein

"i'm not above sentimentality anymore" by Mark Heinlein

"Potato Vehicle" by Darrell Dela Cruz

"Penis Envy" by Darrell Dela Cruz

"A Collection of Tiny Things" by Kristen Eliason

"Self-Titled" by T.J. Flores

"Cold as a Starfish" by Max Goodwin

"Slave Ancestors Found Unburied in a Dream" by Roxane Beth Johnson

"Conversation" by Persis Karim

"La Cuidadora" by Persis Karim

"Falling Out of Bed" by Rick Kempa

"Genesis Theory" by Bruce Lader

"Spring" by Janna Layton

"Last Night" by Lisa Lee

"Virginity" by Jesse Kay Martin

"Indexical Reflection" by Ricardo Pau-Llosa

"Mango Tango" by Frank Penones

"Vapor Trails" by Nina Rao

"Topeka" by J. Arron Small

"The Crossing" by Evelyn A. So

"Judgment Day" by Evelyn A. So

"A Home-Baked Eulogy for Deacon Flanders" by Brian L. Smith

"Still Howling" by Brian L. Smith

"My Best Defense" by Jeremy Voigt

"Down To This" by Jeremy Voigt

Non-Fiction

"Kenneth Coale Interview" by Kris Anderson

"Sensational Recall: What Ails the Memoir" by Vincent Bergado

"Poetry Incorporated: The Revival of Creative Writing at Saratoga High School" by Shannon Bowman-Sarkisian

"An Interview with George Saunders" by Liz MacDonald

"Meeting Nancy" by Charles Macgregorwhite

"Eckoom Spiree 220" by Marta Denice

"Flopperoo: John Steinbeck’s Unfortunate Collaboration with Rodgers & Hammerstein on Pipe Dream" by Ed Sams

"Dorothy Allison in Conversation with Gary Shapiro" by Gary Shapiro

Art

"Duffie Giclée" by Jorge Delgado

"Lundy Canyon under Moonlight" by Jeff Herzstein

"The End of Another Day at Lundy Canyon" by Jeff Herzstein

"Towering Tree" by Marco Huerta

"Bottle on a Rainy Day" by Asuka Miyano

"Girls on the Bridge" by Asuka Miyano

"Chrystalline No. 2" by Robert Ribeiro

"Unification & Illumination of Pain" by Briana Romero

"Totem Plate" by Peter Schwartz

"Vancouver, August 2007" by Anthony Wai

"Barcelona Farmer's Market" by Candice Wynne

"Barcelona Melody" by Candice Wynne

"Es Todos un Caballero" by Candice Wynne

"Homage to Charles M. Schultz" by Evelyn A. So

"Invitation" by Evelyn A. So