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Owen wister review2008

30th ANNIVERSARY

Owen Wister Review

2008

Owen wister review2008

The Literary & Arts Journal of the University of Wyoming

Edited by Zach Parrie

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Owen Wister Review 2008

Zach Parrie, editor

Joshua watanabe, editortim raymond, editorJake Mitchell, editortyrel Hulet, editorJeff Parkins, editorJeff Hubbell, editor

editOrial assistants

Christie Koltiska

Jessica Patrick

Lynne Ruggles

design & layOut

Michelle Winchell

student PublicatiOns

Jim Fuerholzer, Design & Production Adviser

Barbara Thorpe, Advertising

Cary Berry-Smith, Student Publications Adviser

Student Publications at the University of Wyoming

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Cover: Photography: “Triple Tree” by Tyler Call

Cover Design by Michelle Winchell

ConTEnTs

Barely Erect gravestones not Far...Fortuna, north dakota – Red Shuttleworth [Poem] 11

summer Ends – Bo Moore [Poem] 12

old Plastic is a Winter older – Bo Moore [Poem] 13

The Jacket – Julianne Couch [Essay] 14

Blind Twins at the outdoor Cafe – James Doyle [Poem] 16

Concert on the Hill – James Doyle [Poem] 17

science Fiction – Lucas Stricker [Poem] 18

an innocent/a Broad– Margaret Hermes [Fiction] 20

Mama Would you still love Me – Jody Lee Johnson [Poem] 30

Phil loves Karen – Rachel de Baere [Poem] 32

Brokeback Transient – Nathan Johnson [Photograph] 33

James and the Wolfpack – Jamy Cabre [Photograph] 34

dominant – Amy Jurekovic [Mixed Media] 35

untitled – Andrew Tkach [Photograph] 36

Hungry like the Wolf – Kristina Wiltse [Watercolor/Colored Pencil] 37

doors – Mary Williams [Photograph] 38

sheep Crossing – Lisa Lofgren [Intaglio Print] 39

study of a Bottle – Jeff Hubbell [Pastel] 40

scenery – Claire Tousley [Photograph] 41

Fade – Jake Mitchell [Photograph] 42

Frosty Morning – Levi Rummel [Photograph] 43

snow Fence – Tyler Call [Photograph] 44

barbwire – Levi Rummel [Photograph] 45

Monument valley – Andrew Tkach [Photograph] 46

blanKO – Travis Ivey [Oil on Canvas] 47

billboard #5 – Jeff Hubbell [Oil on Canvas] 48

never again i – Ann Tobias Karson [Poem] 49

Hospital – Erika Mikkalo [Fiction] 50

Out – Ernesto Varela [Poem] 51

treasure Hunt – Jim Daniels [Poem] 52

buried – Jim Daniels [Poem] 53

distraction – Ulys H. Yates [Poem] 54

where He took Me – Lindsay Wilson [Fiction] 55

every summer i take lessons From the garden – Sharon Doyle [Poem] 64

co-existence of sonorous waves – Connie Hershey [Poem] 66

in the Forest – Jane Stuart [Poem] 67

closet – T.C. Rothson [Fiction] 68

gretchen and bean – Courtney Googe [Woodcut] 73

Medi-car – Nathan Johnson [Photograph] 74

cloud cult – Clay DeVilbiss [Acrylic on Wood] 75

beachtime at the lake – Lindsay Olsen [Photograph] 76

snowy range waterfall – Lindsay Parrie [Photograph] 77

strength – Erica Ramsay [Monoprint] 78

spilt vase – Hilary Havlik [Charcoal] 79

spent – Evan Mitchell [Photograph] 80

long ride Home – Evan Mitchell [Digital Painting] 81

dinosaur remains – Tyler Call [Photograph] 82

cold escape – Jeff Parkins [Photograph] 83

big bend – Barry Ballard [Photograph] 84

scavengers – Lisa Lofgren [Intaglio Print] 85

lacey and annie – Traute Parrie [Photograph] 86

lai lai – Michael McKee [Photograph] 87

summer splendor – Susan Parkins [Photograph] 88

all in a night’s work, after cathy Porter – Alan Catlin [Poem] 89

before He was beautiful – Lucas Stricker [Fiction] 90

she Keeps track – Lucas Stricker [Fiction] 91

road Map - cody to worland – Ester Johansson Murray [Poem] 93

Fallen – Anita Susan Brenner [Poem] 94

18 results for connection – Erika Mikkalo [Poem] 95

a topper for the Pickup – Garry Wallace [Essay] 98

Selected Contributors 104

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EdiToR’s noTE

When I took on the position to be the editor of the 2008, 30th Anni-versary Owen Wister Review, I remember receiving an email very

early on from a previous editor. After asking a minor question concerning the publication, he offered, almost as a sidenote, his amazement that the OWR was still going, and going strong.

Every day I worked on this issue with my staff, I sat at my desk, where, arranged chronologically, almost every back-issue of the OWR rests. The evolution is apparent—from the earliest issues, averaging thirty or so pages of black-and-white-only content, to the thicker, more brightly colored issues of the past few years. I had flipped through them many times before, mostly to get new design ideas, but after receiving this email, I went over the stack of old OWRs with a new sense of curiosity and nostalgia.

Thirty years of western poetry, art, prose, essays, interviews, and photographs, all packaged in the best books that students could make in their day...it’s impressive. Certainly, each of them deserves a nod of respect for having the gumption to publish artistic work that so few seem to acknowledge.

In many ways I must agree with the sentiment of that once-editor. The odds are not in favor of a small, literary and arts magazine being published in Wyoming. The market for fiction is no good in this country, and I hear the market for poetry is even worse. And I wouldn’t say that the markets for art and photography are any better—otherwise, I imagine, more of us would be making a living taking pictures off our back porches.

But, thirty years later and here we are, as good as ever, a testament to the lasting power of art that many of us still believe is worth working for.

So, I would like to thank you, the reader. You make this possible, and without you, the Owen Wister Review could not have lasted thirty years.

I hope you enjoy the book that my staff and I have worked hard on to put together. It includes the beautiful and enjoyable work of many artists, writers, poets, and photographers.

I also hope that with a little luck I will one day, a long time from now, be able to congratulate a young student on being the editor of the Owen Wister Review.

Zach Parrie

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