{"id":284,"date":"2012-06-04T12:20:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T16:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2012-06-05T10:49:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T14:49:48","slug":"236-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/past-issues\/236-3\/","title":{"rendered":"236.3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"236-No-3-front-cover\"<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Fiction:\u00a0J. KEVIN SHUSHTARI<\/h2>\n

Illegal Dreams<\/em><\/h3>\n

You come home from school wearing a blood-red headband and a black and white scarf. Your mother takes one look and starts to cry. Baba says it’s a great honor\u2014\u201cHe\u2019s a soldier of God now.\u201d\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry:\u00a0ROBERT PINSKY<\/h2>\n

The Want Bone; The Wave; Antique<\/em><\/h3>\n

The tongue of the waves tolled in the earth’s bell.
\nBlue rippled and soaked in the fire of blue.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiction: SWANN LI<\/h2>\n

The Girl from Highwater<\/em><\/h3>\n

In the early morning when Father Fan came home, on his back a bamboo tub of newly dug-up peanuts, muddy and wet, the rain was still falling.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry: MARTIN EDMUNDS<\/h2>\n

Kristallnacht<\/em><\/h3>\n

Austria: our sugar-dusted Vienna, a Sachertort frosted
\nwith glass.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiction: KATHLEEN CARR FOSTER<\/h2>\n

Admission<\/em><\/h3>\n

\u201cCan I get you a cup of coffee or tea?\u201d Mrs. Hughes put her hand lightly on Chelsea\u2019s back, just above her leather belt, and steered her through the reception area toward the office.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry and Prose: ANI GJIKA<\/h2>\n

Two Poetry Translations<\/em><\/h3>\n

Memories
\npretend to sleep.
\nI don’t touch them,
\nI don’t stir them.
\nIf they wake up
\nthey remind me
\nI’m a slave.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

War in Iran, or in Iraq, \u00a0Is It?<\/em><\/h3>\n

In our house, people beat each other up. How? Whichever way they like.
\nmore…<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry: ZACHARY BOS<\/h2>\n

To a Philosopher<\/em><\/h3>\n

On my way to meet you for a celebratory drink
\non your birthday, when the train stops to pick up
\nmore passengers, handfuls of fiber-glass fine snow
\nblow in through the open doors.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiction: JOSEPH FAZIO<\/h2>\n

A Temporary Fix<\/em><\/h3>\n

The service bell rang. Wesley looked up from his book and saw a silver hatchback gliding to a stop in the gas station island. \u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry: DAN STONE<\/h2>\n

Two Ungaretti Translations<\/h3>\n

His name was Mohammed Sheab
\nDescendant of the emirs of nomads.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Non-fiction: MARY BAURES<\/h2>\n

Anne Sexton: “One Writes Because One Has To” (Excerpt)<\/h3>\n

I came to Boston in 1973 to study with Anne Sexton in the master\u2019s program in creative writing at Boston University. I was fascinated by her honesty, her wise profound observations, and the way she mocked her fears with humor.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n

Fiction: SHILPI SUNEJA<\/h2>\n

A River Cannot be a River<\/em><\/h3>\n

Meera had called twice. Both times there was no answer. She circled around Out of Town newsstand, then crossed the street peeling off her gloves with her teeth, a mug of hot tea in one hand.\u00a0more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fiction:\u00a0J. KEVIN SHUSHTARI Illegal Dreams You come home from school wearing a blood-red headband and a black and white scarf. Your mother takes one look and starts to cry. Baba says it’s a great honor\u2014\u201cHe\u2019s a soldier of God now.\u201d\u00a0more… Poetry:\u00a0ROBERT PINSKY The Want Bone; The Wave; Antique The tongue of the waves tolled in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3755,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions\/310"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}