This section provides access to various works of student scholarship and student publications from Calvin Theological Seminary and Calvin University. These range from papers submitted for competitions, poster presentations, undergraduate research, and a capstone or culminating work for a seminary or university degree. The views and opinions expressed in these works are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Calvin University, Calvin Theological Seminary, or its funders.

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Works from 1983

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Dialogue, Staff and writers of Dialogue

Editorial 2

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4 Satisfying the Soul: an interview with Ed Ericson Nancy Jacobs; 6 Are You Normal? Mary-Lee Bouma; 8 Creating Evolutionary Links Mary Boerman; 10 President Diekema's First Annual State-of-the-Reunion Address Mark VandenBerg and Ms. Elenius; 13 How to Avoid the Slump Dale Cooper; 18 Can Poetry Do My Laundry?; 22 Challenged and Changed by Chicago Sharon Watson; 24 Why Are You Here? Patricia Westerhof; 26 In Review Evelyn Dekker

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7 Untitled Dave Gelderloos; 7 Spring's Sunny Face I Kerre Leigh Kelder; 7 Spring's Sunny Face II Kerre Leigh Kelder; 9 Untitled Dave Gelderloos; 11 Untitled Dave Gelderloos; 12 Untitled Jeff Miller; 14 Untitled Susan Schmalz; 25 Untitled Dave Gelderloos

Poetry
6 She Walks on Rainy Nights Patricia Westerhof; 12 Economy Tom VanMilligan; 15 Ars Departmen...

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4 Beyond Calvin Ed Nyman; 5 An Interview with Barb Schreur; 10 Reflections on a Senile Castle Shannon Senti; 11 Welsh Reminiscence Katy DeVries; 16 Journalism Evelyn Dekker; 19 How Come? Henry Guetter; 20 I Spent a Lifetime in Israel One Day Marsha Plafkin; 24 The Joy of Friendship Greg Simoncini; 26 Stephen R. Donaldson: A Review Ed Nyman; 28 The "Witness" to Two Brothers William Ashman Sanderson

Short Story
12 Just Another Christmas Craig Pyne

Poetry
7 Shearing Keith DeRose; 8 Reflections On the Rhonda Valley-Wales Jo Ann VanReeuwyk; 9 Abus Paul Faber; 27 Call Solange Claudette; 30 Construction Site Rob Schreur; 30 Epitath Katherine Bitner; 31 Spring Headache Ms. Eleniu

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Cover Jan Polinder (photo); 2 Light & Shadow #1 (woodcut) Betsy Buurma; 10 Jan Polinder (photo); 10 Sh...

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6 The Role of Women in the CRC Dr. Louis Vos; 9 The Future of the CRC: War or Peace?; 9 Dr. Clarence Vos; 11 Internationalizing the CRC Dr. Gordon Spykman; 13 De-Labeling the CRC Dr. William Brinks; 14 The Mother Church: In Mid-Life Crisis? Arie Nijman; 17 How Come?; 18 Dishonesty is Academic Chris R. VanSomeren; 31 Computer Graphics; 34 Looking Back: An Interview with George Harper Cindy Abbott

Short Story
26 The Last Adam Craig Pyne

Poetry
5 Green Pepper Solange Claudette; 22 Concerto Lori Kort; 24 Reversals H.J. Buurman; 30 Object Lesson Tom VanMilligen

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Cover Dawna Schuld; 4 Behind Bars David Gelderloos; 16 Winter Solstice Peter Gordon; 16 Forest Kerre Leigh Kelder; 16 Untitled Kerre Leigh Kelder; 22 Antique Interiors Dawna Schuld; 24...

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2 How Come?; 4 The White Sin M. Howard Rienstra; 8 Of a Cat... Willie Postma; 16 Wherein Lies Our Comfort? Keith Mannes; 18 WCAL: A Voice Silent or Changing? Marlene deGroot; 23 Touloose the Centipede Sandy Cares; 24 What's Become of the Youth of the Sixties? A Partial Answer William Ashman Sanderson; 28 Calvin: Seeking to Serve or Survive Ed Nyman

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12 Angry Young Man Marvin Norman

Poetry

6 homes Laurel Vanderkleed; 7 Weekend at Home Dave Shaw; 11 Do You Remember, Mary? Greg Oudeman; 31 M---Solange Claudette

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5 Orgo's Power David Sobotka; 6 Untitled Dave Shaw; 7 Feminine Textures Sondra Dunn; 15 Stone Staircase David Sobotka; 17 Untitled Dawna Schuld; 21 Cable and Rungs Walking the Rail David Sobotka; 31 Untitled Dawna Schuld

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8 "Human Kind Cannot Bear Very Much Reality" William J. Vande Kopple; 10 The Ragman John Timmerman; 20 A Living Example of Faith Cheryl L. Setsma; 24 The Examination Norman Prenger

Poetry

4 Home and School Greg Oudeman; 7 We Were Ourselves Philip Rose; 7 Pieces of Pastel Betsy Buurma; 7 Fragment #2 Joy Kerkstra; 16 Up From·the Grave, She Tom VanMilligen; 18 The Gift Anonymous; 19 Explanation Patricia Westerhof; 22 Religion 108/Academic Confines Kimberly Wyngarden; 23 Silence Lori Kort; 29 Friendship's Wall Emily Yost; 30 Wonder Jill Wilson; 31 A Song of Descents Lambert VanPoolen; 31 Will's Cove Robert J. Plank

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Covers Untitled Sharon Schuld; 2 Mother and Child (Woodcut Print) Betsy Buurma; 4 Untitled Sharon Schuld; 5 Untitled Sharon Schuld; 6 Revealed Sondra Dunn; 9 Forgotten Yet Revered Sondra D...

Works from 1982

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5 Art: The Necessity James D. Korf; 6 A Photo Essay James D. Korf; 8 Caught Between Past and Progress Sharon Watson; 11 T.V. Advertising: Means and Extremes Paul Faber; 19 Martha Mabey: The Anointing A Review Ed Nyman; 21 An Interview; 24 Christian Rock? John Worst; 28 Toward a Christian Poetic Rob Schreur; 30 The Joy of Dancing Evelyn Dekker; 32 Conversing With Art An Interview with Macyn Bolt; 34 The Sculpture Speaks Robin Jensen; 37 Doing the "Two-Step" Doug Evenhouse

Short Story

15 Dal Bread! Marvin Norman; 26 The Lisbon Express Paul VanArragon

Poetry

9 Sunset over Subic Bay Mark Boer; 10 Song for Detroit Dave Shaw; 18 A Train Whistle Whining Melanie Fisher; 18 Sighting Someone James Randall; 39 Silent Wanderings James Randall

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Covers Besty Buurma; 4 Ri...

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5 Sacred Technology James Bosscher; 8 Sheiks, Souks, and Servorgs Sharon Watson; 11 Charlemagne and Camillia: a short story Marvin Norman; 18 Genetic Engineering: Probing the Possibilities Bernard TenBroek; 22 The Tyranny of Success: a meditation Dale Cooper; 24 Calvin and Redeemer: Sisters or Rivals? Prologue; 25 Anthony Diekema; 27 Theodore Plantinga

Short Story

15 Dal Bread! Marvin Norman; 26 The Lisbon Express Paul VanArragon

Poetry

15 "Morning" and "Evening" Tom VanMilligen; 16 To My Brother Laurel Vanderkleed; 20 Freedom Lost Kimberly Wyngarden; 21 After Picking Corn I Tell You a Story Dave Shaw; 23 Beyond Doubt Lori Kort

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4 Something Borrowed Esther VanEek; 9 Ornate Gate Sondra Dunn; 10 Wise Men Sondra Dunn; 5 Yawn after; 16 Sondra Dunn; 21 Origins E...

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6 First Night: A Short Story Paul Faber; 10 The Psalms: God's "Especial Treasure" Dale J. Cooper; 13 Man is the Measure: An Essay in Film Theory Darrell Davis; 18 Tom Swiftsmas; 20 Words and Works: Doug Even house; 26 Working Lee Hardy

Poetry

2 taptap (foot) Mark Stephenson; 2 The Rose Tree Ann Faber; 8 self-portrait James Postema; 25 Twilight, Really Robert Schreur; 30 After all William Postma

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5 Reverie; 9 Dawna Schuld Through Yellow; 19 Cheryl Strikwerda Jane and Gloria; 24 Dawna Schuld C.O. and Me Jeffrey B. Poppen

Portfolio
12 Paul Klee

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5 Alcoholic Professor: A Self-Interview; 9 After the Flood: A Short Story; 16 Marvin Norman Coming Home James Van Hemert; 21 Is There Christianity on Monday? Kingdom-Building in Business; 29 Regarding Planned M isunderstanding

Poetry

2 second Play Lambert Van Poolen; 18 Walk to the Windrows; John T immerman; 28 Since lshmael Did Not Say Richard Bernath

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4 Storm #3 Jeff Poppen; 7 Untitled Dwight Baker; 15 Untitled Esther Van Eek; 20 Cradle David Sobotka; 27 Untitled Dwight Baker; 29 Untitled George Gercama; 5 Portfolio: Willem de Koening

Parting Shot
31 Winter's Last Shot James Postema

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6 A Man's Place is in the Yard A Play by Louis Vos; 9 Across the Beltline and Into the Breeze James Postema; 14 Words and Works: Keith Cok; 18 The End of the Beginning, the Beginning of the End A Book Review by Cindy Abbott; 24 The Beauty of Sex Philip C. Holtrop

Good Groceries
4 Poetry Wilderness Watch by David Benson; 22 "Move 'm Out" by Rob Schreur; 28 A Marriage on the Sun Prairie by David Shaw Fiction; 10 The Maple by Laurel Vanderkleed

Music

21 Blest Be the Lord God of Israel Abigail VanderHart

Art
5 Branches Against Moonlight Betsy Buurma; 8 LightandShadow#2 Betty Buurma; 12 Linda G. David VanDyke; 13 Untitled Photograph Sharon Schuld; 20 Gazebo Against Light Betsy Buurma; 23 Untitled Sharon Schuld; 27 From The American Chart Suite James Kuiper

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Works from 1981

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5 Students Searching for Self-Respect: An Interview with Anne Hein; 10 Human Dignity and Responsibility: Ethics in Science/Gordon VanHarn; 18 Light Play at Cobmoosa Shores: A Photo Essay /Howard Van Till; 22 A Carol for Many Voices; 28 Shivering Baby, Pondering Mother: A Christmas Meditation /Dale Cooper

Poetry
2 Christmas; 7 David Benson Division Street South; 15 David Benson
An Open Letter Sietze Buning; 27 August 12 Sarah Young; 29 perception Keith DeRose

Art
4, 14, 25 Dirk VanDyke; 26 Incomplete Sketch, 1973; 30 James Kuiper Downtown #2; 8 Richard Bishop Portfolio: Piet Mondrian

Parting Shot
31 Silent Night, written by Fengming Lu

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6 Displaced Persons: Sin and Salvation in the stories of Flannery O'Connor/Betsy Jansen; 10 Words and Works: George Gercama Controlled Abandon; 15 Mary Stewart Vanleeuwen; 18 People of Moscow: A Photo Essay Cathy Ridder; 22 James Korf: An Interview Petrified; 25 Roberta H illibrand Broomly

Fiction
4 The Camel Rob Schreur

Poetry
14 Unfortunately Reserved Freedom Hallelujah; 29 Architecture; 16 Rob Schreur Tableau James Postema

Art
2 Olive Line-up; 5 Bob Alderink Untitled; 27 Green That Glows; 30 Mother's Bouquet; 24 Ula Shibazaki Wendy; 28 Portrait of Barb; 17 Betsy Buurma Portfolio Dali's ThePersistance of Memory

Sketch
9 Wimmin Nandy Heule

Parting Shot
31 Silent Night, written by Fengming Lu

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6 Homosexuality: Agape and Eros An Interview; 10 Burdens of Love: Reflections on Community B.E. Pekelder; 18 At the Edge: A Short Story
Laurel VanderKleed; 22 Freedom Gone A-Fowles: The French Lieutenant's Woman/James Postema; 28 "Dear, Beauteous Death"
Hilda DeVries

Poetry
14 Twenty-One Today Doug Even house; 5 My Proud Scrap Keith DeRose; 24 Pink Lemonade: Three Children's Poems Henrietta TenH armsel

Art
4 Rick Beerhorst Missing Persons; 9 Rick Beerhorst Evening Shadows; 13 Clara Peterson Richard Bishop; 20 After Rembrandt: Rick Beerhorst; 21 Rick Beerhorst; 16 Portfolio Picasso's Guernica

Parting Shot 31

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4 What You Will William Brashier: A Lapsed Calvinist's Impressions; 6 Patricia Rozema; 10 Words and Works: Phil Schreur; 12 Made in Germany: Screening the Best David Diephouse, Mary Jane Lamse; 17 Gallery Seventeen Fran DeJong; 18 "Tidings from Babylon" II; 26 The Fundamentals of History; 33 The Heresy of Apartheid Allan Boesak; 36 A Psychology Colloquium: The State of the Art

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2 Portrait of Margaret Rick Beerhorst; 3 Collage ... Wanda Berkanpas; 23 Photograph J. Pieter Pere boom; 24 Group Portrait
Rick Beerhorst; 43 The Studio Where I Sleep Rick Beerhorst; 46 Upstairs Downtown Rick Beerhorst; 47 Self Portrait Richard Bishop

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Mary Beth Aardema· (p. 5); Cathy Bouwsma; David Bouwsma; Margaret Dijkhuis; Sharon Schuld (p. 9)

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Cathy Bouwsma; Ed Delong; Patr...

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4 What You Will; 6 The Serpent. and Snake Oil Kathy Faber; 12 Words and Works: Timothy Grubbs; 15 The Laboratory of History: What to Write on Yourffabula Rasa Arvin Vos; 19 Gallery Nineteen James Kuiper; 20 My Mother Never Said Anything Like That: A Critique of Pure Science; 28 Floating World Leonard Sweetman

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3 Meadowscape Phil Woldman; 27 Pink Sofas Mark Mulder Snow tires

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Paul Baker; Wanda Berkenpas; Cathy Bouwsma; David Bouwsma; Margaret Dijkhuis

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Cathy Bouwsma; Edwin deJong

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Editorial
29 Anatomy of Criticism and Conflict

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4 What You Will; 6 Potsherds and Misconceptions Bert De Vries; 10 No More Cheap Tomatoes: An Interview with Francis Moore Lappe; 13 Learning in Style: Or A Guide to Methods of Mousing Philip Lucasse; 16 Words and Works: Peter Dijkhuis; 21 Man Sculpting Man Steve VanTill; 28 Gallery Twenty Eight Fran De Jong

Poetry
20 Mirage Faith Van Alten; 20 Clematis Faith Van Alten

Review
Aesthetics in Action: A Layperson's Perspective Kathy Faber

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Cathy Bouwsma; David Bouwsma; Margaret Dijkhuis; Mark Tamminga

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Bert DeVries; Peter Dijkhuis

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Works from 1980

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Dialogue, Staff and writers of Dialogue

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4 What You Will; 6 The House that David Built Margaret Dijkhuis; 10 Gallery Ten Ken Bratt; 11 Milton and Mysticism: Interview with
C.A. Patrides; 18 Republican Southern Comfort Corwin Smidt; 23 Temperament: The Key to Harniony and Discord Sam Wiersma; 26 Words and Works; 30 Appendix

Fiction
20 Maria David Krosschel; The Rubberband Catherine Bouwsma

Art
9 bricks Edwin deJong; 21 Print Wanda Berkenpas; 22 Prometheus Eirik Evenhouse

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Rick Beerhorst; Catherine Bouwsma; Catherine Bouwsma; David Bouwsma; Margaret Dijkhuis; Ruth VanBaak

Photography
Catherine Bouwsma; David Bouwsma; Edwin deJong

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5 What You Will; 13 Confronting the Candidates Jack Smalligan Gallery Thirteen Clarence Walhout; 14 The Guardsman: Pain in Pretense Laura Smit; 18 Words and Works: William Fyfe; Tisch, Tisch Jack Smalligan

Poetry
17 Adagio con tristezza Paul Baker; 27 Versus a Friend Mary Boerman

Fiction
By the Silver, Shining Stream John Timmerman

Art
4 Untitled print Dirk Van Dyke; 9 Self Portrait as a Jewish Alchemist? Tim Grubbs; 16 Seascape Steven C. Baker; 30 Move V Mark Mulder

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Catherine Bouwsma; David Bouwsma; Margaret Dijkhuis; James Korf

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6 Jeanne Suiter: An Interview David Baker; 11 Androgynous Liturgy Sonja Jager; 15 And the Bride Wore Blue Sheryl De Weerd; 18 Styles of Liberation MaryVanderGoot; 20 Frogs and Snails, Sugar and Spice Joan Huyser; 22 Women in Office: Pro and Con Nicholas Wolterstorff, James O'Brien; 27 The Chivalrous Woman Sharon J. Anderson; 32 A Misogynist History Lucie Marsden

Poetry
14 Faith Van Alten; 26 Faith Van Alten

Fiction
30 Running Into the Night Claire Patterson

Illustrations
cover Ruth Van Baak; 12, 13, 16, 17, 26 David Bouwsma; 27, 33, 34, 35Catherine Bouwsma

Photographs
31 David Cheadle; 22, 29 Catherine Bouwsma

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4 When All's Said And Done: An Editorial/Essay David Baker; 7 Towards A Faithful Poetics Nicholas Wolterstorff; 10 Iser the Exegete Barbara Carvill; 12 A Critics' Colloquim David Baker; 16 Words and Works: Writer's Guild Laura Smit; 19 Ricoeurian Hermeneutics Clarence Walhout; 24 Thoughts of A Distracted Reader Theo De Bruyn; 26 Careful Symmetry Paul Baker

Poetry
23 I, II, City On the Hill Stephen Pruett

Fiction
29 Night Reminiscence Herbert Vander Zwaal

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Letters to the Editor 4

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5 Thespian Theatre Ervina Boeve'; 8 John Vreeke: An Interview David Baker; 11 Theatre Games James Nuttall; 12 Honest Words, Honest Theatre James Korf; 14 Hope For Theatre Mary Lucasse; 19 The Poetics of Elder Olson David Baker; 22 Theatre Is Alive and Well in Grand Rapids Jane Plantinga; 24 An Audience of One Helen Sterk Van Halsema; 26 Confessions of a Fry Scholar Stanley Wiersma; 28 The Dordt Cast of Purpaleanie: An Interview David Baker

Illustrations
5 Brian Bishop; 9, 13 Cathy Bouwsma; 5, 11, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31 David Bouwsma; 16, 17, 18 James Korf; 1, 2, 4, 32 Ruth Van Baak

Art
21 Bryan Bishop; 25 David Bouwsma; 7 Timothy Grubbs

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Works from 1979

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Dialogue, Staff and writers of Dialogue

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6 Richard Mouw: An Interview Len Diepeveen and Michael Hakkenberg; 9 Living Cross-Culturally Edna Greenway; 11 Ideology and Minorities at Calvin Ronald A. Wells; 16 Calvin College, Ethnicity and the Decade of the 80's Anthony J. Diekema; 20 Personal Perceptions Catherine Page; 22 Harambe Jahard; 26 Pursuit of a Vision John Timmerman; 32 Letter from a Dutch Mother Evelyn HOfstra and Fran De Jong; 18 Calvin's Canadians J. Pieter Pereboom

Fiction
30 "Free" Frederick manfred

Poetry
10 "Grand Rapids, South-Southeast" Bob Boomsma; 19 "Acceleration" Bob Boomsma; 23 Three Images from Holland Henrietta Ten Harmsel; 31 "Hercules" Ken Miinkema

Art
13 Words and Works: William Franson

Illustrations
31 David Bouwsma

Photographs
10 Steve ...

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10 The New World Quartet: An Interview Lori Broersma and Jane Plantinga; 14 Musical Language and Responsibility Michael Marissen; 16 The Anatomy of a Controversy Steve Van Til; 18 Treasure or Treasured? John Hamersma; 3 Symphonic Calvinism Mary Lucasse and Phil Scheur; 26 On Lyres, Flutes and Righteousness Kenneth Bratt; Rod Jellema: An Interview David Baker and Mary Lucasse

Poetry
5 "A Letter to Ruth Rus, Autumn, 1979" Stanley Wiersma; 9 "Rebellion" Laura Smit; 9 "Dawn Song" Taliesin; 13 "The Hands of a Cellist" Ross Harbaugh; 13 "Villanelle" Stanley Wiersma; 17 "Mrs. D's Radio" Ken Minkema; 22 "Park Bench Artist" Ross McElroy

Art
6 "A Parable" John Worst; 8 Words and Works: Michael Marissen Mary Beth Huissen and Ruth Van Baak; 21 "Minimal Song Series II" Robert Hoolsema and Todd Huizenga

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8 Life on the Line Len Diepeveen; 10 Closed Societies: A Parallel Michael A. Hakkenberg; 13 On Being a Christian Ron Feenstra; 18 Harmony and Diversity Ai Nguyen; 20 Blue Collar Steel Ron Pederson; 24 Lymen Kipp: An Interview Tim Van Laar and Jim Kuiper; 26 Return of the Native John H. Primus

Poetry
12 "I am like a slip of comet" Bob Boomsma; 27 From the same branch Bob Boomsma; 31 Dragon Metamorphosis Taliesin

Photographs
5, 27-29 William Franson; 20-25, Cover Charles Rus

Art
14-17 Words and Works: Tim Van Laar; David Baker, Judy Van Gorp

Illustrations
9-11, 19, 30, 31 David Bouwsma; 3, 6, 12 Ruth Van Baak

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Poetry
"Two Poems for St. Carol" Dan Hawkins; "jessica anne" Faith Van Alten; "Memories - One Fall" Ross McElroy; "for (a) Debbie" Greg Tasker; "thirty cedar waxwings" Faith Van Alten "Vice Versa" Eric Jager

Fiction
Beulah Lori Allen; Against the Dying of the Light T. A. Straayer; The Kodak Kid Meets the Shadow Bob Boomsma; In Bits and Pieces Dale Mentink

Art
Petals Helen Reitsma; Untitled; Lori Smalligan; Unstretched Canvas Nola Ann Neilsen; Child's Play Dennis DeWinter; I-Beans Dan Walbert; untitled Andrew Abma; Boiler Plate Dan Walbert; A Bed for the Calvinists Cathy Bouwsma

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8 Why Do You Like the Games You Like? Interviews with kids; 11 Professional Recreaion? Steve holtrop; 31 Lost in a Masquerade Ellen Ashford; 41 Thinking Play Seriously Christ Campbell; 44 Playtime at the Factory Jay Lewis

Poetry

4 Childhood Poems fool helps build a house; 12 Chris Campbell; 20 Three by Eric Jager; 37 The Lone Ranger Rides in Legoland
Bob Boomsma

Fiction
13 White Porcelain, Grandfather Clock, and Me, Joanne Linda Ruiter; 34 Listen To Your Music, Pa. Jennifer Morison

Art
24 Words and Works: Dennis DeWinter; 17 James Kuiper: Feeling to Gesture to Symbol; 7 William Franson; 10 Kathy Hofman; 21, 32 Linda Ruiter; 22 Cathy Heerdt; 23, 36 Carol Fryling; 33 Richard Yntema; 46 Chris Campbell

Music
28 The Minimal Song Series: I Bob Hoolsema ...

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7 The Schuller-Amway-CRC Connection Steve Van Till; 11 Salting the Earth? Jim Lucas; 13 Conspicuous Consumption: In Two Parts An American Standard for the World Carl Plantinga House of Cards Max Vreugdenhil; 21 Our Daily Bread Uko Zylstra; 24 Identifying with the Neighborhood An Interview with Jane Vander Ploeg

Poetry

16 Meet-Me at the Fair Larry Vander Schat; 22 Suburbanite Rescued/Scott Joling; 31 Memories-Toledo/Ross McElroy; 31 Doc's Bar and Grill/John Suk

Fiction
27 The Moon Seung Ho Choi

Art
18 Words and Works: Macyn Bolt; 2 William Franson; 5 Dennis De Winter; 6 Sandy Jorritsma; 23 Linda Slenk; 26 Bruce Bouwma; 29 Ben Tamminga

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14 The Best SF Dan Hawkins and T.A. Straayer; 16 Time, Black Holes, and a Lesson Howard Van Till

Fiction
3 The Zorak Uprising Greg Lidstone; 10 The Shape of Things to Come T.A. Straayer; 13 The Bean Cathy Bouwsma

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Editor's Note 31
21 John Worst Short Piece for Voices and Flute; 20 Cathy Heerdt; 23 Tom Dykstra: Words and Works; 18 Merrie Amsterburg/Kites; 25 Heidi Kortman/Solstice Wind; 29 Christ Campbell/fool joins a band; 30 Bob Boomsma/Night walk and Loading firewood; 28 Laura DeNooyer The Sandlot; 24 Cindy DeVries Age on a Park Bench; 19 James Rinck Something Old, Somthing New

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Works from 1978

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7 Notes on the Wasteland T.A. Straayer; 13 Ultra High Flippancy Eric Jager; 14 How Much Can TV Cost Calvin? teve Van Till; 19 Dutch Television Is Better Han De Bruyn; 21 The Clouded Crystal Tube . Bob Holkeboer; 23 Sugary Songs of Seduction Michael Schepers; 29 Refusing to Fall Max Vreugdenhil

Poetry
12 Memories-One Fall/Ross McElroy; 20 Watching the Dominoes Fall/Bob Boomsma; 24 Television Twilight/Dan Hawkins; 25 Answer/Heidi Kartman; 31 Loneliness/translation by Han De Bruyn

Art
16 Words and Works: Cathy Heerdt; 4, 5 Linda Slenk; 6, 25 Linda Ruiter; 12 Mike Lyzenga; 18 Jil Evans; 22 Sandy Jorritsma; 28 Joel Schaafsma; 31 Sue Kuiper

Scholarship
26 The Pencille as Symbol: Recently Discovered Poems by Donne and Herbert Paul Baker

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7 Trusting Your Feelings Pam Dalfsen; 9 The Age of Happiness Steve Al sum; 12 Dynamic Tension: We are Two Sexes George Zuiderveen/M. Elaine Botha; 18 Avoiding the Void David Faber; 21 Internal Emigres David J. Diephouse; 25 Stranger in the World Kimberly Adams

Poetry
6 Suffer. The Little Children./Derwin Scott Hessels; 15 Revenge I/Scott Joling; 24 fat man/Connie DeHaan Walking Out/G. Jhon Kleyn; 26 From Dad's slides, Korea, 1964/Bob Boomsma October/Heidi Kartman; 31 In Memory of Mr. V. Van Gogh/Chris Campbell

Fiction
27 Beulah Lori Allen

Art
16 Words and Works: Ben Tamminga First in a Series of interviews with student artists; Cover Jil Evans; 6 William Franson inside front
11 Joel Schaafsma; 20 Patriotism and Windshield Wipers Make Many a Country Great Todd Huizinga

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12 There is a Darkness at the Edge of Town Chris Campbell; 18 The Lady's a Peril Eric Jager; 19 Labor Pains Kimberly Adams; 21 Bringing Forth Renewed People Stan Blom; 25 In and Out of Artistic Servitude Brenda vanHalsema

Poetry
7 The Diary of a Simple Pastor Philip C. Holtrop; 31 In Secondgrade I member Bobby VanAarden

Fiction
26 Vending Machines and Sandwich Ovens Do Not a Cafe Make Bob Booms ma

Art
6, 31 Dennis DeWinter

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16 Dialogue 1978-79 Poster

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28 Getting Into Leibniz T. A. Straayer

Poetry
23 Bob Boomsma; 24 Sietze Buning

Fiction
4 Sirs, I Wish to Tell You Dan Hawkins; 8 Frank Al Aas man; 18 Dialogue Lorelei Nieboer

Art
1 Richard Abma; 7 Dennis De Winter; 9 Margriet Booy; 12 Armine Serijanian; 14 Lisa Lane; 15 Wayne Medendorp Jr.; 16, 17 Thane Macyn Bolt; 20, 21, 30 Stan Myers; 22 Thomas Kool; 31 Mike Lyzeng

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Comment
4 The Bricks of Knollcrest Mark Borst; 5 The Man Trap Charles H. Fondse

Features
10 Olive Plants, Dancing and, Full Quivers Joan Huyser; 18 Libben of dea/Dead or Alive Grace Miedema; 23 What Makes it Poetry: A Symposium

Poetry
8 G. Jhon Kleyn; 8 Robert Holkeboer; 9 John Suk; 9 Beth Style; 9 Dan Hawkins; 14 T.A. Straayer

Art
2 Jil Evans; 7 Laura Bordewyk; 16 Kathy Heerdt; 24 Jil Evans; 26 Linda Wielenga; 22 Kathy Heerdt

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4 Semester in Chicago Jim DeBoe and Jane Bosma; 8 Technology, Freedom, and the Christian Derk Pereboom; Photo Essay; 18 The Nuclear Energy Crisis T. A. Straayer; 29 The Problems and Promise of Biofeedback Michael Vredevoogd

Poetry
10 Randy VanderMey; 14 Bob Boomsma; 26 Al Aas man; 26 Chris Campbell; 27 Connie DeHaan

Art
2 Steve Vogel; 5 Christina Homan; 6 Ginny Elkema; 7 Herm Wei ma; 12 Mary Kamphuis; 13 Chuck Dykstra; 15, 25, 32 Margaret Dykhuis; 27 Nancy Ebbers; 28 Peter Dykhuis; 31 Sharon Visser

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Comment
4 Sabbath Observance Rolf Bouma

Features
5 Right of Passage Rod Blom; Letter to Patchetstroom Interview: Robbin Jensen

Short Stories
14 Grandfather at Home Dan Hawkins; 6 Against the Dying of the Light Tim Straayer; 20 Last Words Larry Ten Harmsel

Poetry
10 Dan Hawkins; 22 R. W. Veltman; 22 Dan Hawkins; 22 Faith Van Alten

Art
2 Jeff Robinson; 11 Stan Meyers; 16 Aaron Visser; 21 Herm Weima; 23 Chris Sharda

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Mirros Tom Koole

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Works from 1977

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Comment
22 David Westendorp

Features
4 Are Men and Women Only Equal? Mary VanderGoot; 7 Women and the Church Marchiene Vroon-Rienstra; 12 Liberating Calvin's Women Jeanette Bult-DeJong; 16 Art Feature Helen Bonzelaar and Carol Jurgens Fryling; 25 Poetry Feature Mildred Zylstra; 26 Women and the Constitution: Notes on the ERA Sher Jasperse; 30 DeVries's Women T. A. Straayer; 34 Review: Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness Marilyn Tanis

Poetry
14 Sonnets from the Misogynist T. A. Straayer; 23 Untitled Marianne Scholte; 3 First Hymn to Persephone David Westendorp; 24 New Clothes John Richter; 24 Opinions M. Edmund

Art
6, 28 Drawings Amelia Harper; 11 Print: Tidal Wave Margriet Booy; 2, 23, 24 Drawings Shelly Smith; 29 Drawing Kathy Heerdt; 33 Drawing Katie Harper

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Comment
4 Why Radio at Calvin? Jan Chapin

Features
6 Language Study and Liberal Arts: The Interpretation of Reality Clarence Walhout; 10 A Dime a Dozen Eric Jager; 12 Facing the Obligations of Mass Communication Sher Jasperse; 21 Of Centennials and the Holy Grail Ronald Wells; 24 Journalism at Calvin: A Review
Del Nykamp; 30 English-teacher Blues Mary Hietbrink; 32 Taxi Driver and the Savage Cinema Leonard Sweetman

Fiction
15 Johnny Dooley and the Sandlot Boys Lori Allen

Poetry
9 Connie De Haan; 9 Dan Hawkins; 9 T. J. De Boer

Art
2 Mary Veenstra; 8 Linda Ruiter; 11 T. Macyn Bolt; 17 Ron Pederson; 19 Tim Van Laar; 35 Jil Evans

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Greg Lidstone

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Henry Gysen and Jeff Robinson

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4 Why Radio at Calvin? Jan Chapin

Features
6 Language Study and Liberal Arts: The Interpretation of Reality Clarence Walhout; 10 A Dime a Dozen Eric Jager; 12 Facing the Obligations of Mass Communication Sher Jasperse; 21 Of Centennials and the Holy Grail Ronald Wells; 24 Journalism at Calvin: A Review
Del Nykamp; 30 English-teacher Blues Mary Hietbrink; 32 Taxi Driver and the Savage Cinema Leonard Sweetman

Fiction
15 Johnny Dooley and the Sandlot Boys Lori Allen

Poetry
9 Connie De Haan; 9 Dan Hawkins; 9 T. J. De Boer

Art
2 Mary Veenstra; 8 Linda Ruiter; 11 T. Macyn Bolt; 17 Ron Pederson; 19 Tim Van Laar; 35 Jil Evans

Cover
Greg Lidstone

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Henry Gysen and Jeff Robinson

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Comments
4 Contributing Factors Deb Ellens; 6 Student Concerns Rolf Bouma; 6 One Decade Later Marianne Scholte

Features
8 Remember Chapel? Bernard Pekelder; 10 British Blend Clarence Walhout; 12 Elvis Presley, a Cherry Tree, and Depths to Plumb John H. Timmerman; 18 Student Senate's New Deal Jonathan Rockey; 20 Dorms vs. Apartments: Living Out the Options Eric Wolterstorff; 22 Progress in Education: Back to Basics David A. Kloosterman

Review
28 Prism 1977 T.A. Straayer

Poetry
15 Sher Jasperse; 15 Dan Hawkins; 15 T.A. Straayer; 21 Grace Miedema; 26 Bob Boomsma

Art
2 Jill Evans; 5 Kathy Talsma; 11 Stan Myers; 16 Robert DeJonge; 19, 30 Dennis DeWinter; 19, 30 Thane Macyn Bolt; 25 Bill Van Vugt; 27 Sharon Visser

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Stan Meyers

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20 David Westendorp

Features
4 More Tidings Randall VanderMey; 6 Unifying Our Liberal Education: A Perspective from the President Anthony Diekema; 12 Poetry Feature: Calvinistic Farming Sietze Suning; 14 On Living in a Not So Holy. Land; 18 Bert DeVries Rosie Does Quebec Rosanne Lopers

Fiction
10 A Warm, Well-lighted Place Rodney Blom

Poetry
20 Abby Chris Campbell; 21 Prayer Wm. David Sheldon; 21 Morning Meditation from Frederick Manfred Bob Boomsma; 22 For Creeper Duncan; 22 Showing a Friend Around G.J. Van Spronsen

Art
2 Like a River Glorious Kathy Rosenzweig; 16 Winter Reflections Sheri VanDuyn; 16 Landscape Echo Nancy Vanderlinde; 17 Joyce Lemcke; 21 Dan Nelson; 23 Andrew Brown

Photography
Kimberly Adams Ron Eskes

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28 David Westendorp

Features
4 Dear Editors Wayne-Leigh; 5 Twenty Years of Misunderstanding Films at Calvin Irvin Kroese; 8 Preserving the Principles of Our Liberal Arts Education Richard R. Tiemersma; 14 Scholastic Reform in Germany: Pursuing Alternatives to Tradition Wallace Bratt; 20 Tidings from Babylon: Calvin Grads at Grad School; Tom Wolfe and New Journalism: Finding New Ways to Say It Marianne Scholte

Fiction
25 At the Home Lynn Klamer

Art
7, 8, 15, 23 Dan Nelson; 13 Cathy Heerdt; 17 Ginny Eelkema; 32, 33 Katie Harper; 35 Andrew Brown; 35 Joyce Lemcke

Photography
2 Dick L. Van Halsema, Jr.; 18 Photo Essay

Cover
Dan Nelson

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Comments
2 A Manufactured Crisis David Faber; 15 David Westendorp

Art
24 M.I.A.C Feature

Features
4 The Call to Sacrifice: Life Within the Bounds of Grace Rolf Bouma; 6 Symposium: Christianity and the Dramatic Arts; 10 Twenty Years of Films at Calvin: A Critical Memoir Bernard Pekelder; 14 re-take David Faber; 20 Creating a Writers' Community at Calvin Marianne Scholte; 22 Gislebertus Hoc Fecit Edgar Boeve

Fiction
18 Variations on a Theme Steve Vryhof

Photography
21 Emily Talen

Poetry
15 Unmasking Our Sorrow John Russiak; 16 Devil's Ash Beth Style; 16 Seven Years To Understand Eric Paulson; 17 Portrait Wm. Paulson

Cover
Mari Lambers

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Comments
4 Visions and Revisions Sher Jasperse; 7 Past Issues David Faber; 8 Citizen's Bane David Westendorp

Art
4, 5 Collage D. M. Lamlens; 6 Lithograph Jerry Talen; 11 Intaglio: Fish Amelia Harper; 27 Drawing Shelley Smith; 28 Drawing Deb Ellens; 31 Cartoon Tom Dykstra

Features
13 De Senatu Jonathan Rockey; 14 International Photography; 18 The Liberating God and the Demands of the Kingdom Don Swanger; 24 Top-heavy Government North of the Border Minnie Joldersma; 28 Review: Tlie Final Days James Penning

Photography
12 Bicentennial Scout Gathering Kimberly Adams; 30 Nicholas Kimberly Adams

Poetry
9 Landscape David Westendorp; 9 Chasing the Reaper Bill Sheldon; 10 Last Weekend G. J. VanSpronsen; 11 Untitled Beth Styles

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Fiction
12 Aurelia Gerard de Nerval translated by r. stravers; 23 A Simple Preparation Dave Mange; 26 MacGregor Neil Lettinga

Poems
6 r. stravers; 8, 9 j. e. artis; 10 David Westendorp; 18, 19 Don Hettinga; 20 Sietze bunning; 24 Mark Van Putten; 25 Kim Gilmore

Art
5, 15 Thomas Dykstra; 7 Lee Doezema; 8 Alba Debee; 11 David Versluis; 16 Kim De Stigter; 16 Joel Schaafsma; 16 Jean Werner; 17 Pat Brown; 17 Steve Eelkema; 19 Marian Lambers; 21 Amy Harper; 33 Deb Gritter; 26 Ann Struyk; 31 Pat Woltersom

Photographs
2 Mike Brouwer

Cover
Winter of '69 David Versluis

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Comment
2 Odd Thing AMy Harper; 2 About the Weather Don Hettinga; 3 Quiet Mysteries Deb Ellens

Features
6 Reflections on Grand Rapids M. Howard Rienstra; 12 Sigsbee Street George Harper; 22The Unattached Poor of Downtown Grand Rapids Ronald VanderKooi

Afterwards
31 Believe? Ronald Wells

Art
9 Shelley Smith; 21 Janet Hagedorn; 30 Mark Borst

Poems
9, 16 Kim Gilmore; 11 R. Stravers; 28 David Westendorp

Photographs
8, 18, 20 Mike Brouwe; 10, 17, 36 Bill Melenberg; 17, 26, 27, 30 Don Hettinga; 25 William F. Reus III

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2 Don Hettinga

Features
6 The "Christian" Exploiter Clarence Vos; 10 Thanks to the following who contributed time and effort: James Bosscher, Roger Connor, Tim Diephouse, Pete Dykhuis, Denis Hayes, Miriam Van Goor, Mark Wiersma, Don Wilson

Afterwards
29 Review of Gary Synder's Turtle Island David Westendorp

Art
9 Amelia Harper; 10 Peter Dykhuis; 21 Elmer Yazzie; 29 Mary Lambers

Photographs
3, 4, 16 Robert Eskes; 14 Howard Van Til; 28 William F. Reus III

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Howard Van Til

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2 A Quadrennial Orgy Mark Van Putten; 3 Tribal Animosities in Angola Joel Kuipers

Features
8 The Impossible Possibility photographs by William F. Reus 111; 17 Pottery photographs by Don Hettinga & Mark Va.n Putten; 21 A Brief Dialogue Lambert Van Poolen 26 Letters On Hesse Carl Byker & Don Hettinga

Afterwards
34 Hearts and Minds Patricia Steenland

Art
6 Peter Dykhu is; 15 Chris Stoffel; 24 John Powell; 25 Dan Nelson; 31 Janet Hagedorn; 32 Alba DeBee

Poetry
16 Kim Gilmore; 31 M. Edmund

Covers
Amelia Harper and Don Hettinga

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Comment
2 To Recreate Experience Mark Van Putten; 6 A Christmas Comment Don Hettinga, Mark Van Putten

Equal Space
4 Depraved Dialogue? Jane Ridder; 4 Cold Water & Little Foxes Kathy Cale; 4 Through disgust Robert Boomsma

Features
8 Dialects, Latin, and Language Change: A Reply to Mr. Wiersma Steve VanDer Weele; 17 On Christianity, Art, and Being Explicit Nicholas Wolterstorff; 20 Paul Schrader Talks interview by Mary Hietbrink

Afterwards
28 Poetry: A Creation of Selfhood Marilyn Vander Burgh

Art
2 Alba DeBee; 10 Cal Niemeyer; 11 Shelley D. Smith; 16 Jan Hagedorn; 19 William F. Reus III; 26 Amy Rumph

Poetry
11 R. Stravers; 16 j.e.artis; 27 David Westendorp

Covers
Don Hettinga

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Comment
2 Don Hettinga

Equal Space
3 The Importance of Water in The Little Foxes

Features
30 Interview with Dr. Anthony Diekma; 6 Furiously Sleeping Ideas Joel Kuipers; 26 Heiman Dullaert: Dutch Metaphysical Poet translated by Henrietta Ten Harmsel; 14 Change-or Decay Richard Tiemersma; 17 Recent Prints and Drawings Jake VanWyk; 21 Babel Revisited Stanley Wiersma

Fiction
12 Debby Neil LEttinga

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