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the minnesota review (2005) 2005 (63-64): 27–36.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Susan Meyers Susan Meyers Waiting Room Carla Ramirez. Here in the waiting room, with a child. An infant, shivering and nodding with the small, uncertain movements of a newborn. Its eyes are large and flat, like round quinientos coins. The hands like little claws. Carla's baby...
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the minnesota review (2019) 2019 (93): 24–25.
Published: 01 November 2019
...Kristene Kaye Brown Copyright © 2019 Kristene Kaye Brown 2019 Kristene Kaye Brown While We Waited When given the sky expect rain. The days unspooled like a newspaper with no news. We listened for the phone. Morning frost burned into a phantom steam and night spun on its own black tread. I...
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the minnesota review (2022) 2022 (98): 28–36.
Published: 01 May 2022
...Laurie Woodford lauriewoodford@gmail.com © 2022 Laurie Woodford 2022 Laurie Woodford Waiting Room My friend, Carly, and I are at Brandy s Tavern and on our second round of Grasshoppers (don t judge) when she tells me that she grew up in the shadow of her older sister who was, you...
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the minnesota review (2009) 2009 (71-72): 5.
Published: 01 May 2009
...Jason Irwin © 2009 the minnesota review 2009 This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved. Jason Irwin Waiting at the post office, doctor’s office, grocery store. funeral home, the drive-thru...
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the minnesota review (2016) 2016 (87): 15–16.
Published: 01 November 2016
.... A town where men pour from all-you-can-eat seafood buffets, the hair they let grow on their faces has turned to gnarled beards matted with melted butter sauce and beer. I’m still waiting for the right one. I’m still waiting for a gentleman to approach me on my throne. I’m still waiting...
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the minnesota review (2021) 2021 (96): 39.
Published: 01 May 2021
... breath what I mean speech for; knowledge waits is waiting only waiting is substance and the promise of more. Something glistens inside a narrow flesh cavity, something is there late afternoons when I go to my room hunting silence. What is it the body can t take anymore of and leaves? I pull down my...
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the minnesota review (2011) 2011 (76): 62–63.
Published: 01 May 2011
...Jazzy Danziger © 2011 Jazzy Danziger 2011 Jazzy Danziger The Discarded A shutter held open long enough can capture most things. Widened towards light, waiting for enough of it, waiting to close. A girl and a boy in a Jeep enter a cornfield in the dark...
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the minnesota review (2005) 2005 (63-64): 47–52.
Published: 01 May 2005
... the hotels are cheaper, the suburbs the best place to stay for a failing writer on the road. So now you're in the Red Lobster. You're sitting at the bar and waiting for your name to be called so they can give you a table for one. You've been calculating that for every two hundred miles driven...
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the minnesota review (2019) 2019 (93): 2–12.
Published: 01 November 2019
... there are thousands of people on the waiting list and some of those people die every day. Here s where I could say, Your loved one could save the lives of up to seven people today. That s what we learned in training, but to me it sounds like a bad advertisement: Buy one get seven free! I can see from his blank...
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the minnesota review (2015) 2015 (85): 6–11.
Published: 01 November 2015
... body, would he see my face again? For five nights the winds blew, and El Gallo waited until he was certain that Camilo slept, then offered his theory for our recent string of bad luck and how we could turn it around. “Think of it,” he said. We already had. “Not a single casualty in all...
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the minnesota review (2009) 2009 (71-72): 269–276.
Published: 01 May 2009
.... 1974 : 461 . Barrett William . “Life, Letters, and Politics.” Rev. of An End to Innocence, by Leslie Fiedler . New York Times 24 Apr. 1955 : BR20 . Crews Frederick C. “Myths and Archetypes.” Rev. of Waiting for the End, by Leslie Fiedler . New York Times 31 May 1964...
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the minnesota review (2014) 2014 (82): 4.
Published: 01 May 2014
... offer him a swig of formaldehyde and a homey corner? Might coal barons, citing English folklore, force dung down his windpipe and wait for more coal to sprout? Perhaps a union will bamboozle him into dying for the cause, then hail him as a Tolpuddle Martyr...
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the minnesota review (2013) 2013 (81): 54–56.
Published: 01 November 2013
... in to tell them. He waited in the car, angry and exhausted. She was leaning against the window now, and I knew he wouldn’t get out of the car when they came and brought her in. I’d go in with her like always, though, and before long he’d come in and find me. And so when they came to the passenger...
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the minnesota review (2005) 2005 (63-64): 43.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Marc J. Straus Marc J. Straus Guide-wire I see a Metro-North train is delayed more than three hours. Apparently a man tried to jump from the window and was subdued by a quick acting Samaritan. Today, something similar occurred while I was waiting in radiology. A woman weighing over...
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the minnesota review (2021) 2021 (96): 1.
Published: 01 May 2021
...: throw out everything you thought was keeping you alive. Tie your hands together with zip ties, sit down, and wait for your worst company to see themselves out. You waited and they did. Your reward: this endless silence. Now, you are all alone again. Tell me about the god that kept you company, through...
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the minnesota review (2012) 2012 (78): 17.
Published: 01 May 2012
...Rob Cook © 2012 by Virginia Tech 2012 Rob Cook The History of the Lost Voices He paces the kitchen waiting for the river to empty its boatload of shadows. There’s only water playing at the theaters, people silent and holding hands because of the rain which is how...
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the minnesota review (2017) 2017 (88): 36–46.
Published: 01 May 2017
.... “Now, there’s a waiting list  Tommy’s eyes sank. “But since it’s your birthday  On the drive home I learned everything a person could hope to retain about ZombieVoid. A cultural milestone. Developed in secret. Macabre humor. Diaper-filling graphics. Rewardable killstreaks. Ayn Rand...
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the minnesota review (2006) 2006 (65-66): 49–61.
Published: 01 November 2006
... of air. Once past the lips, ice cream got reacquainted with itself. . Hal liked standing over the tubs at Friendly's, peering in, he liked how they were lined up under the glass, all those circular openings, individual mines waiting to be excavated. It was a cold, deep palate and the only...
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the minnesota review (2012) 2012 (79): 25–41.
Published: 01 November 2012
... that it’s time for bed soon, but my father either doesn’t hear her or doesn’t care. “And he’s taking appointments for new acts, and all these peo- ple are coming through the door, lining up and waiting for their minute with him.” My father licks at the corner of his mouth. His breath smells...
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the minnesota review (2021) 2021 (96): 3.
Published: 01 May 2021
... Being Free Need Take Void Belong Gave Never Talk Wait Bitter Grieve No Tear Wander Bound Have Often Tether Whether Break Heal Over Terror When Call Here Pass Trust Whither Carry Instance Past Truth Why Clear Instead Plead Try Willful Close Just Please Turn Wonder Cover Justice Pine Unease Yearn Dare...