Okinawan, Okinawa, Hawaii, Literature 

Contents:
Special feature : new writing from the Pacific Coast of South America -- Editor's note -- Essays -- The magic synthesis / James Hoggard -- Sleeping with the grizzly / Linda Hasselstrom -- The Okinawan way : a journey in time -- Dancing among the ghosts / James D. Houston -- Sparrows of Angel Island / Mitsugu Sakihara -- Okinawan shaman songs / Chris Drake -- Fiction -- The toys / Laura Riesco -- Unlawful contact / Monica Wood -- Two stories / Marjorie Agosin -- Two stories / Alejandra Basualto -- In the garden of the lords of war / Barry Lopez -- Rifka, a cracked record / Roy Glassberg -- The burning heart / Hal Moore -- Four stories / Pia Barros -- The interpretation of dreams / Edward Smallfield -- The unordered world / Okamoto Kanoko -- Poetry -- Prayer for my daughter / John Mckernan -- Two poems / Coni Mariels -- Three poems / Katherine Soniat -- Lex / Juan Pablo Del Rio -- Five Poems / Oscar Hahn -- Three Poems / Carlos German Belli -- Two Poems / Giovanni Quessep -- Four Poems / J. G. Cobo Borda -- To live on this Earth / Ken Waldman -- Two poems / Nick Bozanic -- Before completion / Arthur Sze -- Two poems / Jay Rogoff -- Three poems / Marco Martos -- And she dances—advances toward that distant spot / Luis Ernesto Carcamo -- From announcements over Rome Radio / Eduardo Vassallo -- Two poems / Juan Cameron -- Gleam on the ceiling of love / Jotamario -- Reviews -- About the contributors.