BRYANT Literary Review
Volume 2, 2001
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Editors' Note
Welcome to the second annual issue of the Bryant Literary Review, (BLR). The roots of the BLR lie in a literary magazine called Surge. Guided by the late professor Jeanette White, it contained the work of Bryant College students. As the liberal arts curriculum has evolved at Bryant, the idea of a literary journal of national scope has met with enthusiastic support from the college community.
We would like to thank the hundreds who submitted material but whose work we could not publish at this time. We also want to thank the Bryant Arts Association, our contributors, and Professor Joe Urgo, who was one of our founders. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our local newspapers, The Woonsocket Call and The Pawtucket Times, as well as Bryant College Academic Affairs Division, Institutional Advancement Division, Department of English & Humanities, and Faculty Development Center.
Find a comfortable chair and some good reading light, and settle in to enjoy the vivid imagination of our talented contributors.

Happy reading! 
Kimberly Pike 
Student Editor

Cover and Inside Cover Information
EDITOR: Tom Chandler
FICTION EDITOR: Nora Barry
MANAGING EDITOR: Ron Pitt 
STUDENT EDITOR: Kimberly Pike 
STUDENT EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Melanie Ferrara
DESIGN & LAYOUT: Rebecca Chandler
COVER PHOTOGRAPH: "Castrillo, Spain" (2000) by Tom Chandler

Table of Contents

EDITOR'S NOTE / 5

FICTION
The Last Block Party, Bud Johnson / 8
Inky Went Down To The Well, K.S. Phillips / 20
Abuelita, Camincha / 50
Across The Line, William Holinger / 60
The Counterpoint Lesson, Lyzette Wanzer / 75
Punching Air, Ben Brooks / 105
Post-Freudian Dreaming, Richard N. Bentley / 119

POETRY
Fan Letter, John Mann / 6
The Baker's Secret, Kathy Anderson / 7
The Word Box, Christopher Brookhouse / 16
Places, Mark Brazaitis / 18
the touch so, Rob Diehm / 19
The Day After, Patricia Dobler / 48
Consider, Mary Crow / 49
Impending Doom, Mario Duarte / 55
Hands That Drew Them As They Are, Unity Durieux / 56
In The New Guinea Highlands, John Grey / 58
The Sparrows, John Grey / 59
Notes On Laureateship, Michael S. Harper / 72
Superior, Ryan Guth / 74
Dyslexic, Will Nixon / 98
Leavetaking, Janet Proulx / 100
Lesson One, Janet Proulx / 101
 Infant Savant, Naton Leslie / 102
Junior College, J. Tarwood / 103
First Sky, Jay Udall / 104
Sean, Courtney Zullo / 118
Thoughtless, Chris Semansky / 121

CONTRIBUTORS / 122


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