Spillway Review
Day of the Dead
John Mark Tarver Memorial

                                    
Dedication

John Mark Tarver
Dec. 11, 1960- Oct. 7, 2001


A writer, lawyer, and scholar, John Mark Tarver was a graduate of the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa and Louisiana State University’s School of Law.  At the time of his death, he was a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California – Santa Cruz, Department of History of Consiousness.  His work appeared in such varied places as Ploughshares and Louisiana Law Review.  The editors have no doubt that Mr. Tarver would have been a guiding force and enthusiastic participant in the creation of Spillway Review.  Accordingly, this journal of creativity is dedicated to him.