The South Carolina Review

Volume 34, Number 1 (Fall 2001)

The South Carolina Review, Volume 34, No. 1, Fall 2001 ispublished by Clemson University."2001 Clemson University. ISSN: 0038-3163

E D I T O R S :Richard J. Calhoun, Editor Kmeritus.Wayne Chapman.

BOOK RKVIKW EDITOR:Mark Roydcn Winchcll.

ASSOCIATE: EDITOR (FICTION):Keith Williams.

ADVISORY BOARD:

Susanna Ashton, Ray Barficld, Mailman B. Bryant, I'rank Day, Andrew Doolen,Sterling Kisiminger, Martin Jacobi, G. William Koon, Ronald Moran, Sean O'Sullivan,Catherine Paul, Karen Schiff, Frederick W. Shilstone, and C. Harold Woodcll.

BUSINESS MANAGER:Rebecca Tcixeira.

EDITORIAL ASSIST ANTS:Catherine I Icatly, Jessica Micks, Nikki Kirkham, and Nicole Hall.

COVUR Pi IOTOGRAPH:

Alberto Rios by Lupita Barron-Rios.

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C O N T E N T S

EDITOR'S NOTE

Wayne Chapman • In Memorium: Anne Yeats. 173

ESSAYS

Mark Royden Winchell • Public Culture and the Public University 32Dan George Ruff and Laura Neath Black • Americus George David Wiles as Uterary and HigherEducation Leader in South Carolina 62Richard Calhoun • James Dickey: The Clemson Episode 108Wayne Chapman • Leonard Wool/and the Roivntree Political Monthlies, 1916-1922: With the IrishRebellion as a Case in Point 175Kathryn Laing • Virginia Woolf in Ireland: A Short Voyage Out. 180Evelyn Harris Haller • Transmitting Pound's Works Through His Daughter, Mary... 188

FICTION

Steve Almond • Divorcing Johnny Ponder. 19Dulane Upshaw Ponder • The Rat Spoon 45Laura Payne Butler 'Alice's Soulbath 54MaryEllen Beveridge • A Late Spring 79Beth Hahn • The Story of the Crooked Woman 88Stephen Guinan • The Age of Enlightenment 93Drew Perry • And Also With You 134Charles Edward Brooks • Lullaby 156John Doble • Lefty 161

INTERVIEW

Theodore Sedore • An American Borderer: An Interview with Alberto Rios 7

POETRY

Alberto Rios • Oranges in a Tree 3Alberto Rios • The Dog Inside Mine 4Alberto Rios • A September Death 5Alberto Rios • Eating Potato Chips in Middle Age 6Patricia Murphy • Hoarding 17Virgil Suarez* Firewater/Aguandiente 18Ron Rash • Shee-Shou> 29Ron Rash • The Vanquished. 29Ron Rash • Tremor 30Ron Rash • Bottomland 30Ron Rash • At Boons Creek Landing 30Kathryn Gerhard • My Husband Smokes Camels 31Catherine Savage Brosman • Ernest Hanfstaengl in England. 40Catherine Savage Brosman • Carolina 41Elisabeth Murawski • Dark Circle 43Elisabth Murawski • Letter With No Address 43David Lawrence • Love.com 44Juliet Crichton • Rapids 53Susanne Kort • Threads 61

THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVIEW

Mary MacGowan • My Opthalmologist's Ear 75Mary MacGowan • The Ig-Pay of Atin-Lay 76Dale M. Kushner • Migration 77Marilyn Greenberg • Still 'Life 87Paul Sohar • The Dogs of Grozny by Sandor Kanyadi 92Jan Bailey • Amy's Story 101E. M. Schorb • An Evening With "Blood". 102Sondra Audin Armer • Affidavit of the jar. 103Sondra Audin Armer • Epithalamion for Sam and Chris 104Barbara Sanders • The Night I Ate Sushi for the First Time 105"D. Rodman Walker • Engineer's Cookbook 107Virgil Suarez • The Spiritual/Espiritu 110Skip Eisiminger • ]imbo Dickens: Lace Maker. IllSkip Eisiminger • Running the Table on the Break 113Skip Eisiminger • In a Hilltop Casino Outside of Reno 114David Tillinghast • Is There Anyone Out There Who Would Like to Sing Madrigals?... 115Peter Desy • Boys at 70 149Ryan G. Van Cleave • Psalm of the Boy from Milwaukee Who Loved Roast Beef...150Ryan G. Van Cleave • Molten Glass Still Reflects.... 150Ryan G. Van. Cleave • The Mythology of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 151Ryan G. Van Cleave • ForMy Grandfather, Whose Name I Will'Never Say Aloud Again...153Ryan G. Van Cleave • Theme and Variation on Personal Mythology 153John Grey • The Sewing Man 154Lyn Lifshin • It's Not Even a Month 155Joanna Catherine Scott • Coloring In 160Earl Coleman • Ground War 171Virgil Suarez • Pound Finds His Way in the Garden of St. Elizabeth's Asylum 187Ray Barfield • The Storied South 208

THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS

Skip Eisiminger • Struck By Lightning 116Becky Bradway • The Language of Grace 123Bill Koon • Sweet Tea and Tiramisu 128

REVIEW ESSAY

Lucy Rollin • Among School Children: The Harry Potter Books and the School StoryTradition 198

REVIEWS

Hallman Bryant • Main Currents of Gather Criticism 209James Emmett Ryan • Reinventing Melville 214William Harvey Hunter • The Killing Fields 218Paul Christopher Anderson • The Cause of the South 220Nicole Trista Guttermuth • Understanding the Jack Kerouac Mosaic. 222Bruce Baker • The Middle Passage Meets the Computer Age 225Glynn Custred • Mulligan Stew 226Frank Day • Critical Notices 229

C O N T R I B U T O R S 231