Issue 138

Summer & Fall 2010

  • Welcome to the debut issue of TriQuarterly Online. After a distinguished history as an international literary magazine, this university-sponsored print journal, which has been edited by Charles Newman, Elliott Anderson, Reginald Gibbons, and Susan Hahn, now launches in electronic form. You'll find outstanding new fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and drama, plus book reviews, interviews, commentary, and a lively blog. The electronic format also allows us to present work from TriQuarterly's extensive print archives. We hope you enjoy this new form of what has been one of the premier literary journals of the nation, and we look forward to receiving your comments and responses on our blog.

    Faculty Advisers: Gina Frangello, Susan Harris
    Managing Editor: Cheryl Reed
    Technical Adviser: Matt Wood
    Copy Editor: A. C. Parker
    Staff: Charles Berret, Danielle Burhop, Aaron DeLee, Tedd Hawks, Julianne Hill, Sarah Jenkins, Mimi Nguyen, Dana Norris, Hana Park, Lana Rakhman, Ankur Thakkar, Stephanie Tran, Gina Vozenilek, Jeremy Wilson, Whitney Youngs, Nate Zoba

Fiction Jane Hamilton Fiction Jane Hamilton

The Scarf Dancers

When I was a girl I collected Hummel figurines, troll dolls, and the Madame Alexander dolls, a hobby with a significant sticker price range. At every major holiday a relative could take her pick, buy something low end or go berserk, depending on her circumstances—my gift to them, the easy child to shop for. No judgment from me.

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