American River Literary Review 1997
1997 ** Best in the Nation **
Dedicated to Carolyn Mehaffy and Thomas King
And in Memory of Allen Ginsberg
~ Rest in Wild Peace ~
Cover Art, "Another Good Idea Gone Bad," by Patrick Green
Editors-in-Chief: Leslie Nielson
Bridgette Perdue
Leah Whisler
Faculty Advisor: Harold Schneider
Associate Editor-in-Chief: Ida Shunk
Managing Editors: Joshua Neely
Bridgette Perdue
Poetry Editors: Karen Buckley
Derek Makishima
Tenesha Smith
Fiction Editors: Patrick Hall
Lori Pilegaard
Creative Non-Fiction Editors: Leda Pilliard
Ida Shunk
Art Editor: Derek Makishima
Layout and Design: Derek Makishima
Heather Witzens
Associate Editors: Damon Barham
Jerome Brown
Jennifer Julianus
Amber Mortensen
Lori Pilegaard
Nicole Thompson
Richard Vinnel
Heather Witzens
Publicity Editors: Amber Mortensen
Richard Vinnel
Contributors Page Editors: Leah Whisler
Heather Witzens
Marketing and Distribution: Jennifer Julianus
Damon Barham
Faculty Poetry Consultant: Pamela Moore, UC Davis Intern
Faculty Creative Nonfiction Consultant: Karen Bijlsma
Faculty Internet Consultant: Carolyn Handa
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All rights reserved by the individual authors and artists.