Rennie McQuilkin has had work in The Atlantic, Poetry, Yale Review, Southern Review, Hudson Review, Gettysburg Review,and North American Review. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. His most recent book of poems, Leaning In (in which this poem also appears), was published by Antrim House in May, 2003.

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Poets in this issue: Clare Rossini, Dana Sonnenschein, Sheila Squillante, Diana Der-Hovanessian, Stellasue Lee, Sean T. Dougherty, Charles Rafferty, D. C. Berry, Daniel Bourne, Denise Abercrombie, Peter Krok, Faith Vicinanza, Neil Shepard, Marge Piercy, Joseph Bruchac, Susan Kinsolving, Juliet Crichton, Gaylord Brewer, Elizabeth Rees, Edward Byrne, Gerry LaFemina, Rennie McQuilkin, Windy McGlinsky, Susan Terris, Melissa Morphew, Jennifer MacPherson, Jonathan Stolzenberg, James Doyle, C. T. Lawrence, Elizabeth D. Samet, Jonas Zdanys, Constance Chambers, Doug Anderson, Jeff Knorr, Michael J. Sheehan, Deborah Rossel, Dave Anderson, Emily Madsen