Established in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama, Black Warrior Review publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction,and art by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners alongside up-and-coming writers. Stories and poems appearing in Black Warrior Review have been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize series, Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, New Stories from the South, and other anthologies. Each issue features a chapbook from a nationally known poet.

No portion of Black Warrior Review or its website may be reproduced without permission. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2005 by Black Warrior Review. All correspondence to P.O. Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35486.

Black Warrior Review is indexed in the American Humanities Index, the Book Reviews Index, and the MLA International Bibliography. ISSN: 0193-6301

Editor

Molly Dowd

Managing Editor 

Alissa Nutting

Fiction Editor 

Andy Farkas

Poetry Editor 

Jennifer Gandel Ridgeway

Non-Fiction Editor

Colin Rafferty

Design Editors

Carl Peterson
Erik Wennermark

Editorial Assistant 

Cade Collum
Alyson Greenfield
Liz McWhirter

Nick Parker
Chris Ward
Assistant Fiction Editors 

Max Althoff
Sarah Blackman
Tara Goedjen
Heather Duerre Humann
Shrode Hargis
Jeremy Lespi

Rachel Mack
Kate Matheny
Mike KcCauley
Liz McWhirter
Nick Parker
Carl Peterson
Nick Pincumbe
Luke Southworth
Jim Toweill
Carolyn Watson
Assistant Poetry Editors
Sarah Blackman
Elizabeth Buckalew
Cade Collum
Norman Golar

Jeremy Hawkins
M.C. Hyland
Jessica Kidd
Carl Peterson
John Pursley III
Colin Rafferty
David Welch
Web Editor
Nick Parker

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