November/December 2008
Welcome to the BIG TEXAS ISSUE!!!!!
(a special edition focused on local Texas talent) 
Yellow Rose of Texas photo by Carla Martin-Wood
In This Issue: (online and in print)
Honorary Guest: Texas Poet Laureate, Larry D. Thomas
chats and shares his poetry, including two
brand new Western poems.
An e-book by Larry D. Thomas, The Circus
from Right Hand Pointing
OBR 2008
Pushcart
Nominated
Poetry by: Christian Wiman
Melinda Blount
Timothy Green
E. Darcy Trie
Alex Stolis
Corey Harvard
Spotlight: Lindsey Lewis: Musical Prodigy from
Dallas' Booker T. Washington School of the Arts
Read her Inspirational Story
Listen to her play! (online)
http://www.oakbendreview.com/
The Poetry Of: Poet Laureates Alan Birkelbach and Jack Myers
Fiction From: Lindsey Barlow
Kevin Crain
Sarah B² Holub
Life Lessons: Lorena Smith
Shawn Sieve
Mandy Hennessy
Photography of: Karla K. Morton
Poetry by: Bredt Bredthauer
Adam Henry Carriere
Ed Casey
Elizabeth Neely Clauser
Colin Gilbert
Chelsea Hill
Min Kang
David Knape
Karla K. Morton
Kristina Rogers
Joseph Trombatore
Jena Walker
Bret Wooten
Reviews of
local Theatre
and Dance: Flower Mound High School Theatre
Flower Mound Performing Arts Theatre
LakeCities Ballet Theatre
SMU Meadows Arts Theatre
University of North Texas Dance and Theatre