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POETRY

Jan Ball brings on the smoked oysters, the calamari, and the lobster

John Findura​ recounts what is lost in fire

Erica Goss talks of loss and living after

​Katie Darbie Mullins ​boxes up her life

Charles O'Hay ​plants spiteful seeds

John Repp journeys into Pie Heaven

Isaac Rollins ​is all in

Marc Swan addresses when things don't quite workout...

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Daniel Connelly tells a bedtime story

Adam Gianforcaro​ explains why gravy is gravy

Tianli Kilpatrick ​breaks Fancy and herself

Kirsti Sandy takes a  visit to 1976, Lowell, MA

Daniel Tobin goes 'til the fifth round
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​FLASH

Andrea Boll ​talks untraditional motherhood

Nicholas Froumis' triptych of grief
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​Robert Hinderliter ​contrasts life before the kid

Poornima Laxmeshwar discusses the weight of ancestry ​

Peter Murphy on the construction of youth







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 FICTION

​Helen Everbach ​labors over "just friends"

Savannah Johnston​ goes on a ride

Brandon Madden 
addresses forgetting

​M. Earl Smith helps understand a comrade


MULTIMEDIA 

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Philip Arnold makes marble glow

Lizzie Falvey explores adolescence through a lens 

Matt Gold ​brings new meaning to vibrant
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Susannah Jordan goes out on a limb

Fabrice Poussin finds art by a window








You are presently reading the 
October 2016 issue of Gravel. 

This magazine is produced by the MFA program
 in creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello editorial staff.

Cover image by Susannah Jordan




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