Fall 2006 Contributors
Scott Bryan Wilson’s work has appeared in Rain Taxi and many others. He lives in New York City. Derik Badman blogs at MadInkBeard and writes reviews for various publications. He works as a librarian in Pennsylvania. Theodore McDermott’s essays, interviews, and reviews have appeared in CONTEXT, the Review of
Contemporary Fiction, and online at Words Without Borders. He plays in the band Dogleg. Beth Wadell studied English at UC Berkeley and is now a freelance writer living in Oakland, CA. Brien Michael lives in Berkeley, CA. Terri Saul’s artwork has been exhibited at galleries nationowide, most recently in San Francisco’s Bucheon Gallery. She lives in Berkeley, CA. Barrett Hathcock lives in Birmingham, Ala., where he works as a copyeditor. He has had other work appear in the Colorado Review, the MacGuffin, and the Birmingham Weekly. Scott Esposito’s writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Chattahoochee Review, and Boldtype, among others. He lives in Oakland, CA and blogs at Conversational Reading. Katie Wadell is coauthor of a forthcoming book on Berkeley bohemians. She lives in Chicago. Matthew Tiffany recently earned a masters degree in counseling and writes reviews for various publications. He lives in Maine with his wife and daughter and blogs here. Megan Keane is a yoga instructor living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Fall 2006
Features
Haruki Murakami’s Meaningful Metaphors
Haruki Murakami’s plots feel like modern-day fairy tales. Scott Esposito considers how Murakami’s plots come to resemble and evoke the inner minds of his characters.Haruki Murakami’s Supernatural War
Ever since World War II ended, American novelists have used China, Italy, the Philippines, Dunkirk, Dresden, and many other battlegrounds to represent everything from the effect of racism on American society to the strength of the American family. Katie Wadell argues that Haruki Murakami introduces us to an altogether different warfront in novels such as The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and A Wild Sheep Chase.A Short Guide to Murakami’s Short Fiction
One of our time’s most fecund writers, Murakami has composed a dizzying array of short fiction. Here, Matthew Tiffany runs down some of the best, making an excellent starting point for those looking for an entry into Murakami’s short works.How Can We Read in an Age of Images?
How to reconcile the Internet’s love of the image with literature’s blocks and blocks of words? Finn Harvor has a few answers.reviews
A Writer at War
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
The Emperor’s Children
The Obstacles
The Secret River
Visigoth
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
Tomorrow They Will Kiss
Interviews
The Zak Smith Interview
Contributor Notes
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