ISSUE NO. 4 - 2009 MASTHEAD No. 4 - 2009 COUNTERPOINT Publikumsbeschimpfung | Schimpfungbepublikum FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS Teenage Identity in the Midst of Chaos Yana Payusova GANGSTA ISLAND People Die in Gary, Indiana William B. Plowman ARABIC FOR LOVERS A Lexicon for Beginners Sean Lee THE SIXTEENTH MINUTE From Idealism to Buzz Tom Conditt THEIR LIVING ROOM A Poem Lynn Zovighian F WORD ON STEROIDS Gleichschaltung of the Bush Era Karl Baden, Sally Stein & Melissa Shook PRANKISH EXISTENCE The Rest Are Details Imad Atalla LEVANTINE WHISPERS Syncretism of Tiles and Whims Anthony Shadid TROU IÇI On Droppers, Vaginas and Keyholes Wayne Andersen SAMSON INCARNATE reply-to:<‘abou mohamad shokr’> Samir Kontar and the Israeli Pilot Who Shot My Kids Imad Atalla ASSUMPTION OF IDENTITY A Poem Mark Gonzales DOUBLE TAKE Refugee Kids Aim, Point & Shoot 500 Palestinian Kids