Contents

FICTION		D. Foy O’Brien
		Absolutely Golden (A Novel Excerpt)

		Kevin Murphy
		Bound for Invention

		James Lewelling
		Human Contact (Excerpt from Tortoise)

FEATURE		*John Minihan's Photos of Samuel Beckett*
		Cover Photo: Samuel Beckett by John Minihan

POETRY		Margarita Shalina
		Times Square

		Andrew Stacey
		No Blues (Dominion Tavern, End) never having known your innocence

		Lukus Zuker
		Life (part II)

		Nancy Lynn Weber
		Ella's Song Punks


READ BARNEY'S BLOG

FICTION		Rosemary Winfield
		Man On a Train

		Moshe Dann
		Mao, On Contradiction

		Charles Blackstone
		Tuesday Morning Craigslist Post

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

REVIEWS		Ed Halter
		From Sun Tzu to Xbox: War and Video Games
		William Bryant
		The Birds of Paradise: Alfred Russel Wallace: a Life
		Andrei Codrescu
		New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings From the City
		Jim Feast with Ron Kolm
		Neo Phobe

NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND		hesitant hack
		Awkward Silence at MOMA posted in: http://empirestateview.blogspot.com

		Frank J. Prial
		At Beckett's Centenary, His American Discoverer Looks Back New York Times, April 13, 2006

STAFF & CONTACTS