New Photo Essays by Ron Carlson and Bill Binzen
Art Featur
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Literature, Art, Commentary, Essays, Interviews, Features, Reviews
 Issue #5, 2007
Our new issue is
"hot off the
press" and has
finally arrived into
our offices in the
beautiful Pacific
Northwest.  In this
issue, we feature
art, literature,
people, and
places of the
Southwestern
United States and
our own home
region of the
Northwest.  In
addition to the
Western view, we
also continue our
tradition of
looking at the
world through the
words and
pictures of fellow
artists, writers,
and
photographers
across the globe.
Our Cover Art . . .
by Holly Ballard Martz
www.gunnarnordstrom.com
"IMAGES and NOTIONS"
The writer Ron Carlson offered the photographer Bill
Binzen some of his offbeat
musings; Mr. Binzen gave Carlson a set of his
strange photographs. Here is a sample from their
project: Images and Notions.
Read excerpt from "Images and Notions"
POETRY
Cob Houses
"Twelve Gates to the City"  
by Francesca Lyman
A Dozen Ways to Build Strong, Livable,
and Sustainable Urban Areas
After Math
Dr. Warren Buck
brings theoretical
Physics out of
the Classroom
and onto canvas
in
"The Omega
Series."
Fiction
"A Taste of Citrus"  by Karen K. Lewis

"Dead Man Walking"  by Andrew McNabb
"Divinity is Here"
The Desert of Wadi Rum, Jordan
A Travel Journal by Namit Arora
Editor and Art Director:
Wendy Borrou
Art Features
The Maritime Art of C.R. (Bob) Bryant
"Cobblestone Streets" by Judith Skillman"Pine Log" by
Pamela Garvey
"Zoo at Cancun"   by Kim Alexander
"Abandoned Mill in my Hometown"   by Ellen LaFleche
"Military Secrets" by Gaynelle Gavin
Words...Fragmented...Unbroken
Iraqi Artists Speak to the world
through their Art
PHOTOGRAPHY
"Ashes and Snow" exhibit, by Gregory Colbert
"Hidden Canyon"  Review
Photos  by John Blaustein
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             by Cate Rapson Buck
A new twist on an ancient method of
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