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The first issue of The MacGuffin’s 35th volume spotlights the winners of Poet Hunt 23, judged by Alberto Ríos. Matthew J. Spireng took first place for his poem “Ed,” with an honorable mention going to Judith Rosenberg for “Venetian Passageway.” In this issue’s prose category, hit the road—internationally—with Faith Steinberg’s “Getting Bogged Down in Ireland” or—domestically—with Priscilla Long’s “Road Trip;” and back home, join Mary Maloney for an unexpectedly eventful backyard barbeque in “362 Days.” Dessert’s on Lynn DeTurk, whose “Ode to My Flourless Chocolate Torte” is not to be passed up, even if you’re dieting.

In this issue:

6: Eileen Malone – Bird Underbellies
7: Nancy Botkin – ‘Your charm had not gone unnoticed by the angel’
8-15: Forest Arthur Ormes – Garry Owen
16-21: Jade McGowan – Lifting
22-25: Faith Steinberg – Getting Bogged Down in Ireland
26: Michelle Morouse – Postcard from Honduras Mission
27: Maren O. Mitchell – O with a kick stand, Q
28-33: Ann Harper Reed – In the Burn
34-39: James Ryan – Down Fifth
40-49: Linda Kass – The Interrogation
50: Zilka Joseph – Blue Rock Pigeons
51: Mary Schmitt – When My Mother Died, I Tried to Write a Pantoum
52-55: Mary Maloney – 362 Days
56-64: Priscilla Long – Road Trip
65-69: Michael Knapps – Uncle Harry’s Camp
70-78: Peter Beckstrom – Get Your Feet Wet
79: Caroline Maun – A Life I Invented
80: Caroline Maun – Automat
81: Caroline Maun – Our Love Reminds Me of Bugs
82-89: Jesse Lee Brooks – Besides a Dead Pony
90-93: Kate LaDew – Viola
94: George Such – Developing Taste
95-96: Michael Koenig – A Prayer for Tina
97: Bette Ridgeway – Abiquiu Autumn
98: Bette Ridgeway – Rockets of Desire
99: Bette Ridgeway – A Little More Red
101: Alberto Ríos – Poet Hunt 23 Commentary
102: Matthew J. Spireng – Biographical Statement
103: Matthew J. Spireng – Ed
104: Judith Rosenberg – Venetian Passageway
106-108: Lauren Mead – Ascension
109-118: Ron Tanner – Losing Will
119-120: Richard Spilman – Money
121-126: Bruce Klefstad – The Knife
127: Leslie Blackman Poulin – An Afternoon in April
128-130: Terry Sanville – Scents
131-137: Lynn C. Miller – Afterthought
138: Michelle Morouse – Let’s call them love apples again
139-144: Jacqueline Masumian – Uncle Abner’s Path
145-152: Jessica Dealing – Shitsville
153: Lynn DeTurk – Ode to My Flourless Chocolate Torte
154-155: Lynn DeTurk – The Tuckamore
156-159: Contributor Notes

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