Adam Begley	Us	Wayne Karlin
David Daniel	The World Book	Steven Cramer
Maxine Rodburg	Imaginary Men	Enid Shomer
Don Share	Trilce	César Vallejo, translated by Clayton Eshleman
Debra Spark	The Flight of Andy Burns: Stories	Alice Mattison

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Readers' Forum

Letters from Jamin B. Raskin, Celinda Lake and Steve Cobble

Editor's Note:
Two issues back, we published a photo essay by Teny O. Gross on the Four Corners neighborhood in Dorchester. One of the most arresting photos is reproduced in this issue (though it has not yet made it to our web site). The kids with the guns and knives are young teenagers from the neighborhood; the man in the background is Selven Brown ("Sal") -- a remarkable, complex, tragic person. He has been described by his friends as a charming and brilliant man -- interested in theology and philosophy, money and power -- who worried about what he called his "shady side."

Eugene Rivers, pastor of the Azusa Christian Community, first met Sal in 1988. Then 23, Sal was a major Dorchester drug dealer -- who kept his client list on a PC. After meeting Rivers, Sal struggled for five years to turn his life around. He developed a serious interest in religion, attended Concordia College for a year, and was scheduled to start as an investment broker trainee on June 7.

Rivers last spoke to Sal on June 4. At the end of a conversation that extended through much of the night, Sal said "Maybe it is too late for me, Eugene, but save the kids." He died two days later of a drug overdose. Sal's friends will miss him.

--Joshua Cohen