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Volume 85 No. 1, January 2011

The January/February 2011 issue of WLT, guest edited by Pireeni Sundaralingam, listens in on The Crosstalk between Science and Literature, with original artwork by our book review editor, Marla Johnson, on the cover, and a fascinating lineup of ten contributors.

Table of Contents

The Crosstalk between Science and Literature

INTRO: "Carving Out New Territories," Pireeni Sundaralingam
INTERVIEW: Bridging the Two Cultures: A Conversation between Alan Lightman and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
ESSAY: "Science and Poetry: Predation or Symbiosis?," Pireeni Sundaralingam
POETRY: "Chemical Weather," Suzanne Lummis
POETRY: "Asymmetries," Philip Metres
POETRY: "Growing Old," Vincenzo Della Mea
POETRY: Two Poems, Tone Hødnebø
ESSAY: "The Long Poem of Walking," Eric Ellingsen
SPEECH: "Poet in a White Coat," Dannie Abse
ESSAY: "Diagonally Toward the Sublime: Science in the Theater," Kenneth Lin

POETRY

Two Poems, Pattiann Rogers
Six Nicaraguan Poems, Esthela Calderón and Rosario Murillo
Two Poems, Panna Naik
WEB EXCLUSIVE Two Poems by Esthela Calderón from Soplo de corriente vital (2008)
Two Poems, Natalia Toledo

ESSAYS

Written on Earth and Water: Poetry and Ecology in Nicaragua, Steven F. White

INTERVIEWS

"A Coversation with Juan Villoro," Ryan F. Long
An Interview with Turkish author Tarık Günersel
An interview with American crime writer Jenny White

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