Volume IV

Fiction:
Rick Bass, The Canoeists
Adam Desnoyers, Bleed Blue in Indonesia
Michael Parker, The Right to Remain
Alix Strauss, Addressing the Dead
Stephen Dixon, The Pickle
Carol Bly, At the Bottom of the United States
William Kittredge, Kissing
Anthony Doerr, The Weatherman
Doris Betts, In the Last House
Alan Cheuse, The Exorcism

Chapbook Series:
David Citino, Calling Mother
Brendan Galvin,A Doll's Head Instead of a Door Knob

Essay:
Carol Bly, How Two Mean Aunts Helped Me Write

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Masthead:
Editor in Chief     Mitch Wieland
Assistant Editor     Alex Kiesig
Editorial Staff     Ann Braley-Smith
    Russell Crawforth
    David Custer
    Alan Heathcock
    Jody Holzworth
    Chad Husted
    Meghan Kenny
    William Guy Miller
    Christian Winn
Congratulations to Rick Bass, whose story "The Canoeists" from this volume of The Idaho Review earned Special Mention in The 2003 Pushcart Prize.

Congratulations to these authors, whose stories from this volume of The Idaho Review were selected for inclusion in 2003 Prize Stories: The O.Henry Awards:
Adam Desnoyers, "Bleed Blue in Indonesia"
William Kittredge, "Kissing"