At one time, memory was recorded by story tellers who kept oral records
of the past. Since mankind has moved from an oral to a literate culture,
documenting narratives and experiences has been the objective of writers
and photographers. In this second issue of The Indian River Review, our
contributors share their creative memories in different forms. Poets tell us
about an overhead conversation that stings with criticism, a lost love who
seems to disappear, a summer afternoon that stretches far ahead. Other authors
carve out stories of their ancestors never met and parents they idolized. These
textual memories are mixed in this issue with photographic evidence of time,
moments of time that have been stopped for us to examine closely. The editors
hope our readers will enjoy these shared memories a much as we have.