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Annual Index References are to issue number and pages, respectively Contributors Aramaki, Yoshio. Soft Clocks, 2: tor (from Evil Eyes), 2: 82-90. 36-52. Matsuo, Yumi. Murder in Bal- Benderson, Bruce. Ursule loon Town, 2: 98-110. Molinaro, 1: 95-115. McCaffery, Larry, and Sinda B. S. Johnson Checklist, 1: 58. Gregory. Introduction, 19-28. Coleman Dowell Checklist, 3: ——. (Very) Selective Bibliog- 140. raphy of Modern and Post- Flannagan, Roy. Nicholas modern Japanese Fiction and Mosley, 3: 55-84. Culture (English Translation ——. The Way of Seeing the Only), 2: 213-218. Story: An Interview with McCaffery, Larry, Sinda Gre- Nicholas Mosley, 3: 87-97. gory, Mari Kotani, and Gregory, Sinda, and Larry Takayuki Tatsumi. This Con- McCaffery. Bird outside the flict between Illusion and Cage: An Interview with Brutal Reality: An Interview Yumi Matsuo, 2: 91-97. with Yoriko Shono, 2: 172- Not Just a Gibson Clone: 178. An Interview with Goro ——. The Twister of Imagina- Masaki, 2: 75-81. tion: An Interview with ——. Sophisticated Masoch- Mariko Ohara, 2: 128-133. ism: An Interview with McCaffery, Larry, Sinda Gre- Masahiko Shimada, 2: 156- gory, and Yoshiaki 160. Koshikawa. Why Not Have Gregory, Sinda, Toshifumi Fun?—An Interview with Miyawaki, and Larry Gen ichiro Takahashi, 2: 192- McCaffery. It Don’t Mean a 199. Thing, If It Ain’t Got That McCaffery, Larry, Sinda Gre- Swing: An Interview with gory, and Takayuki Tatsumi. Haruki Murakami, 2: 111- Keeping Not Writing: An 119. Interview with Yasutaka Hayworth, Eugene. Coleman Tsutsui, 2: 202-207. Dowell, 3: 98-139. ——.A Meaning in Art That’s Italo Calvino Checklist, 1: 93- No Longer Possible: An Inter- 94. view with Kiyoski Kasai, 2: Kasai, Kiyoshi. Oedipus City, 2: 53-59. 60-74. Molinaro, Ursule. Why Speak Louis Zukofsky Checklist, 3: 54. Ill of the Surface? Only the Masaki, Goro. The Human Fac- Void Has None, 1: 117-118. Annual Index References are to issue number and pages, respectively Contributors Aramaki, Yoshio. Soft Clocks, 2: tor (from Evil Eyes), 2: 82-90. 36-52. Matsuo, Yumi. Murder in Bal- Benderson, Bruce. Ursule loon Town, 2: 98-110. Molinaro, 1: 95-115. McCaffery, Larry, and Sinda B. S. Johnson Checklist, 1: 58. Gregory. Introduction, 19-28. Coleman Dowell Checklist, 3: ——. (Very) Selective Bibliog- 140. raphy of Modern and Post- Flannagan, Roy. Nicholas modern Japanese Fiction and Mosley, 3: 55-84. Culture (English Translation ——. The Way of Seeing the Only), 2: 213-218. Story: An Interview with McCaffery, Larry, Sinda Gre- Nicholas Mosley, 3: 87-97. gory, Mari Kotani, and Gregory, Sinda, and Larry Takayuki Tatsumi. This Con- McCaffery. Bird outside the flict between Illusion and Cage: An Interview with Brutal Reality: An Interview Yumi Matsuo, 2: 91-97. with Yoriko Shono, 2: 172- Not Just a Gibson Clone: 178. An Interview with Goro ——. The Twister of Imagina- Masaki, 2: 75-81. tion: An Interview with ——. Sophisticated Masoch- Mariko Ohara, 2: 128-133. ism: An Interview with McCaffery, Larry, Sinda Gre- Masahiko Shimada, 2: 156- gory, and Yoshiaki 160. Koshikawa. Why Not Have Gregory, Sinda, Toshifumi Fun?—An Interview with Miyawaki, and Larry Gen ichiro Takahashi, 2: 192- McCaffery. It Don’t Mean a 199. Thing, If It Ain’t Got That McCaffery, Larry, Sinda Gre- Swing: An Interview with gory, and Takayuki Tatsumi. Haruki Murakami, 2: 111- Keeping Not Writing: An 119. Interview with Yasutaka Hayworth, Eugene. Coleman Tsutsui, 2: 202-207. Dowell, 3: 98-139. ——.A Meaning in Art That’s Italo Calvino Checklist, 1: 93- No Longer Possible: An Inter- 94. view with Kiyoski Kasai, 2: Kasai, Kiyoshi. Oedipus City, 2: 53-59. 60-74. Molinaro, Ursule. Why Speak Louis Zukofsky Checklist, 3: 54. Ill of the Surface? Only the Masaki, Goro. The Human Fac- Void Has None, 1: 117-118. ANNUAL INDEX | 183 Murakami, Haruki. Three Ger- man Fantasies, 2: 120-127. Nicholas Mosley Checklist, 3: 85-86. Ohara, Mariko. The Mental Female, 2: 134-155. Oide, Mitsutaka. Thinking the Opposite: An Interview with Yoshio Aramaki, 2: 29-35. Shimada, Masahiko. Stalled at a Kiss (from Master and Dis- cipline), 2: 161-171. Shono, Yoriko. Time Warp Com- plex, 2: 179-191. Takahashi, Gen’ichiro. Ghostbusters—An Adventure Story, 2: 200-201. Tatayuki, Tatsumi. The Japanoid Manifesto: Toward a New Poetics of Invisible Culture, 2:12-18. Tew, Philip. B. S. Johnson, 1: 7- 57. Tinkler, Alan. Italo Calvino, 1: 59-92. Tsutsui, Yasutaka. Just a No- body (from The Rumors about Me), 2: 208-212. Twitchell-Waas, Jeffrey. Louis Zukofsky, 3: 7-53. Ursule Molinaro Checklist, 1: 116. 184 REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY FICTION Books Reviewed Reviewers’ names follow in parentheses. Regular reviewers are abbreviated: DA=David Andrews; RB=Robert Buckeye; JC=James Crossley; BE=Brian Evenson; TH=Thomas Hove; DM=David W. Madden; IM=Irving Malin; PM=Paul Maliszewski; RM=Richard J. Murphy; JP=Jason Picone; MP=Michael Pinker; TS=Trey Strecker; AT=Alan Tinkler Albahari, David. Bait, 1: 140 125-126 (Evelin Sullivan) (MP) Bock, Dennis. The Ash Garden, Allen, Jeffrey Renard. Rails 1: 127-128 (RM) under My Back, 3: 169-170 Boffa, Alessandro. You’re an (Christopher C. De Santis) Animal, Viskovitz!, 3: 160- Antin, David, and Charles 161 (IM) Bernstein. A Conversation Bok, Christian. Eunoia, 3: 149 with David Antin, 3: 172 (DA) (JC) Antunes, Anténio Lobo. The Bowles, Paul. The Stories of Return of the Caravels, 2: 226 Paul Bowles, 3: 151-152 (Chad W. Post) (Anne Foltz) Arenas, Reinaldo. Mona and Bradford, Arthur. Dogwalker, 2: Other Tales, 2: 239 (Mark 240 (D. Quentin Miller) Axelrod) Bradway, Becky. Pink Houses Aylett, Steve. The Crime Studio, and Family Taverns, 3: 173- 2: 236-237 (Tim Feeney) 174 (Nicole Lamy) Bachelder, Chris. Bear v. Shark, 3raverman, Kate. The Incanta- 2: 234-235 (JC) tion of Frida K., 3: 151 (Peter Baricco, Alessandro. City, 3: Donahue) 164-165 (Paul Haacke) Bryce Echenique, Alfredo. Barth, John. Coming Soon!!!: A Tarzan’s Tonsillitis, 1: 120 Narrative, 1: 119-120 (Gregory Howard) (Charles Harris) Buckeye, Robert. Pressure Beattie, Ann. The Doctor’s Drop, 1: 135 (Eckhard House, 3: 141-142 (Suzanne Gerdes) Scanlon) Burgin, Richard. The Spirit Belben, Rosalind. Hound Music, Returns, 2: 236 (Jean 3: 156 (Elisabeth Sheffield) Timmons) Bénabou, Marcel. Dump This Busch, Frederick. War Babies, Book While You Still Can!, 1: 2: 242-243 (AT) 123 (Chad W. Post) Byatt, A. S. On Histories and Berberova, Nina. Billancourt Stories: Selected Essays, 2: Tales, 3: 164 (DA) 249-250 (Luc Herman) Bernheimer, Kate. The Com- Calasso, Roberto. Literature plete Tales of Ketzia Gold, 1: and the Gods, 1: 148-149 (TH) ANNUAL INDEX | 185 ——. The Forty-nine Steps, 1: Forrest, Leon. Meteor in the 148-149 (TH) Madhouse, 3: 160 (Nancy D. Cameron, Peter. The City of Tolson) Your Final Destination, 3: Franzen, Jonathan. The Correc- 152 (Daniel Garrett) tions, 1: 122-123 (TS) Carey, Edward. Observatory Fuentes, Carlos. Inez, 3: 165 Mansions, 2: 245 (IM) (Christopher Paddock) Carey, Peter. 30 Days in Gailly, Christian. The Passion Sydney, 2: 247-248 (PM) of Martin Fissel-Brandt, 3: Carson, Ciaran. Shamrock Tea, 162-163 (Joseph Dewey) 3: 153-154 (Michelle Reale) Galloway, Janice. Where You Chaon, Dan. Among the Miss- Find It, 3: 144 (AT) ing, 2: 244 (Anne Foltz) Garrett, George. Going to See Clarke, Brock. What We Won’t the Elephant: Pieces of a Do, 3: 154 (Tim Feeney) Writing Life, 2: 221-222 Coetzee, J. M. Stranger Shores: (Nicholas Birns) Literary Essays 1986-1999, Gass, William H. Tests of Time, 1:151 (E. Kim Stone) 2: 220 (TH) Coover, Robert. The Grand Ho- Giardinelli, Mempo. The Tenth tels (of Joseph Cornell), 2: Circle, 1: 136 (AT) 233-234 (Robert L. Gilb, Dagoberto. Woodcuts of McLaughlin) Women, 1: 143-144 (Peter Cowart, David. Don DeLillo: Donahue) The Physics of Language, 3: Gilbert, David, and Karl 174 (Robert L. McLaughlin) Roeseler, eds. Here Lies, 2: Crace, Jim. The Devil’s Larder, 232-233 (Michael 1: 128-129 (PM) Hemmingson) Crews, Frederick. Postmodern Glissant, Edouard. The Fourth Pooh, 2: 231 (Geralyn Century, 1: 130-131 (Jason D. Strecker) Fichtel) Davis, Lydia. Samuel Johnson Goda, Dee. Orchid Jetsam, 2: Is Indignant: Stories, 2: 245- 229 (Christopher Paddock) 246 (TS) Gombrowicz, Witold. Ferdydurke, Elias, Amy J. Sublime Desire: 1: 146-147 (PM) History and Post-1960s Fic- Goodman, Ivy. A Chapter from tion, 2: 248 (Luc Herman) Her Upbringing, 1: 137 Elsschot, Willem. Cheese, 3: (Daniel Garrett) 155-156 (Susan Smith Nash) Goodman, Paul. The Empire Ernaux, Annie. Happening, 2: City, 3: 169 (TH) 246 (Gregory Howard) Gurganus, Allan. The Practical Everett, Percival. Erasure, 2: Heart: Four Novellas, 1: 134 228 (TS) (IM) Faas, Ekbert. Robert Creeley: A Gysin, Brion. Back in No Time: Biography, 2: 250 (DA) The Brion Gysin Reader, 2: >} | Review or CONTEMPORARY FICTION 222-223 (Allen Hibbard) Lavin, Monica, ed. Points of Hannah, Barry. Yonder Stands Departure: New Stories from Your Orphan, 2: 243 (BE) Mexico, 1: 133 (Sophia A. Harryman, Carla. Gardener of McClennen) Stars, 2: 224-225 (Patricia Lentricchia, Frank. Lucchesi Laurence) and The Whale, 1: 139 (T. J. Hernandez, Felisberto. Lands Gerlach) of Memory, 3: 156-157 (Ben Leviant, Curt. Diary of an Lytal) Adulterous Woman, 1: 126 Hunt, Laird. The Impossibly, 1: (IM) 122 (Jeffrey DeShell) Locklin, Gerald. A Simpler Huxley, Aldous. Collected Es- Time, A Simpler Place: Three says, Volume III: 1930-1935, Mid-Century Stories, 2: 244- 3: 170-171 (David Seed) 245 (Aaron Gwyn) —.. Collected Essays, Volume Lustig, Arnost. The Bitter IV: 1936-1938, 3: 170-171 Smell of Almonds: Selected (David Seed) Fiction, 1: 1382-133 (MP) Jaffe, Harold. False Positive, 3: ——. Lovely Green Eyes, 3: 143 168 (Michael Hemmingson) (MP) Jarry, Alfred. Collected Works of Mackey, Nathaniel. Atet A.D., 1: Alfred Jarry, Volume 1: Ad- 124 (Eckhard Gerdes) ventures in ’Pataphysics, 2: Makine, Andrei. Requiem for a 230-231 (AT) Lost Empire, 1: 125 (JP) Kenaz, Yehoshua. Returning Mallarmé, Stéphane. Mallarmé Lost Loves, 1: 143 (Leslie in Prose, 1: 149-150 (RB) Cohen) Mamet, David. Wilson: A Con- Kennedy, A. L. Everything You sideration of the Sources, 2: Need, 1: 142 (TS) 224 (Joseph Dewey) Kennedy, William. Roscoe, 2: Manchette, Jean-Patrick. 3 to 227 (DM) Kill, 2: 241 (James Sallis) Klein, Richard. Jewelry Talks, Marcom, Micheline Aharonian. 1: 144 (T. J. Gerlach) Three Apples Fell from Knox, Elizabeth. Black Oxen, 1: Heaven, 1: 139-140 (JC) 127 (Joseph Dewey) Martone, Michael. The Blue Kotler, Steven. The Angle Guide to Indiana, 2: 228-229 Quickest for Flight, 1: 147- (Anne Foltz) 148 (AT) McCourt, James. Wayfaring at Krouse, Erika. Come Up and Waverly in Silver Lake, 3: See Me Sometime, 1: 133-134 147-148 (IM) (Suzanne Scanlon) McCracken, Elizabeth. Niagara Kureishi, Hanif. Gabriel’s Gift, Falls All Over Again, 1: 131- 2: 235 (Brian Budzynski) 132 (Nicole Lamy) LaFarge, Paul. Haussmann, or McGahern, John. By the Lake, the Distinction, 2: 242 (TS) 3: 163 (DM) ANNUAL INDEX | 187 Mills, Magnus. Three to See the 231-232 (Pedro Ponce) King, 2: 230 (BE) Pilch, Jerzy. His Current Milosz, Czeslaw. Milosz’s ABC’s, Woman, 3: 158-159 (Brian 1:150-151 (David Seed) Budzynski) Mitchell, David. Number9Dream, Pirandello, Luigi. Her Husband, 2: 226-227 (JP) 1: 145-146 (AT) Mo, Yan. Shifu, You'll Do Any- Polonsky, Antony, and Monika thing for a Laugh, 3: 162 Adamczyk-Garbowska, eds. (Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas) Contemporary Jewish Writ- Moody, Rick. The Black Veil, 3: ing in Poland: An Anthology, 141 (Robert L. McLaughlin) 1: 138-139 (Brooke Horvath) Mor, Noam. Arc: Cleavage of Rivas, Manuel. The Carpenter's Ghosts, 3: 150 (Chris Pencil, 1: 1386-137 (RB) McCreary) Rivera-Valdés, Sonia. The For- Morrow, Bradford. Ariel’s Cross- bidden Stories of Marta ing, 3: 142-143 (Stephen Veneranda, 1: 141-142 (TH) Burn) Robison, Mary. Why Did I Ever, Murakami, Haruki. After the 2: 239-240 (Suzanne Scanlon) Quake, 3: 157 (JP) Rock, Peter. The Ambidextrist, Nakell, Martin. Two Fields That 2: 238-239 (T. J. Gerlach) Face and Mirror Each Other, Roth, Philip. Shop Talk, 1: 151- 1: 131 (Steve Tomasula) 152 (DM) Noon, Jeff. Cobralingus, 1: 146 Ruffin, Paui. Islands, Women, (David Ian Paddy) and God, 3: 167 (Aaron Nooteboom, Cees. All Souls Day, Gwyn) Saadi, Suhayl. The Burning Oe, Kenzaburo. Rouse Up O Mirror, 1: 138 (IM) Young Men of the New Age!, Schlink, Bernhard. Flights of 3: 145 (Amy Havel) Love, 1: 142-143 (BE) Olds, Bruce. Bucking the Tiger, Schmidt, Arno. The School for 1: 129 (BE) Atheists: A Novella = Comedy O'Neill, Jamie. At Swim, Two in 6 Acts, 3: 146 (Eckhard Boys, 3: 166 (Eamonn Wall) Gerdes) Pap, Karoly. Azarel, 1: 124-125 Schnitzler, Arthur. Night Games (Michelle Reale) and Other Stories and Novel- Paral, Vladimir. Lovers & Mur- las, 3: 158 (Keith Cohen) derers, 2: 222 (MP) Scholz, Carter. Radiance, 3: 161 (JC) Pavese, Cesare. The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese, 2: Shepard, Lucius. Valentine, 2: 234 (Jeff Bursey) 233 (IM) Pelevin, Victor. Homo Zapiens, Simon, Claude. The Jardin des 3: 144-145 (MP) Plantes, 2: 220-221 (Valerie Perry, A. J. Twelve Stories of Orlando) Russia: A Novel, I Guess, 2: ——. The Trolley, 3: 153 (AT) REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY FICTION Sinclair, lain. Landor’s Tower, Club of Angels, 3: 159 (Chad 1: 128 (James Sallis) W. Post) Skvorecky, Josef. When Eve Vesaas, Tarjei. The Ice Palace, 3: Was Naked: Stories of a 149-150 (Mark Axelrod) Life’s Journey, 3: 171-172 Volimann, William T. Argall, 1: (RM) 121-122 (PM) Sorrentino, Gilbert. Little Ca- Vukcevich, Ray. Meet Me in the sino, 2: 219-220 (Martin Moon Room, 2: 238 (Amy Riker) Havel) Southern, Terry. Now Dig This: Weiner, Steve. The Yellow The Unspeakable Writings Sailor, 2: 237 (David Ian of Terry Southern, 2: 247 Paddy) (Brooke Horvath) West, Paul. Master Class: Spina, Michele. Sleep: A Uto- Scenes from a Fiction Work- pian Bestiary, 3: 166-167 shop, 1: 149 (DM) (Pedro Ponce) Wilson, Paul. Someone to Watch Stein, Gertrude. To Do: A Book Over Me, 2: 241-242 (Sally E. of Alphabets and Birthdays, Parry) 1: 144-145 (DA) Wimmer, Dick. Irish Wine: The Svevo, Italo. As a Man Grows Trilogy, 1: 130 (Eamonn Older, 3: 146-147 (RB) Wall) Svevo, Livia Veneziani. Mem- Yamashita, Karen Tei. Circle K oir of Italo Svevo, 3: 146-147 Cycles, 1: 135-136 (JP) (RB) Young, Elizabeth. Pandora’s Tew, Philip. B. S. Johnson: A Handbag: Adventures in the Critical Reading, 2: 249 Book World, 3: 173 (Stephen (RM) Bernstein) Tighe, Carl. Burning Worm, 3: 154-155 (Nicholas Birns) Tsypkin, Leonid. Summer in (David Bergman) Udall, Brady. The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, 1: 141 (Kristin Schar) Urrea, Luis Alberto. Six Kinds of Sky, 3: 167-168 (RM) VanderMeer, Jeff. City of Saints & Madmen, 3: 148- 149 (BE) Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Feast of the Goat, 1: 120-121 (Steve Tomasula) Verissimo, Luis Fernando. The