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Crystal Teardrops
by
Jessica Grissom
Published: Nov 26, 2023
"You were meant to shine."
The Habits of Very Successful People
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GENEVIEVE CREEDON
Published: Nov 26, 2023
"there are choices to be made"
Running with the Dog
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GENEVIEVE CREEDON
Published: Nov 26, 2023
"Once a week, Wyatt comes with me"
A Touch of Sea Salt
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GENEVIEVE CREEDON
Published: Nov 26, 2023
"a chocolate sphere the size of marbles I once collected"
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Chicken Chow Mein
by
Bill Garvey
Published: Nov 23, 2023
"I drew O’s in corners and prayed..."
Warehouse of Broken Wheels
by
Kenneth Johnson
Published: Nov 23, 2023
"you said misery loves company"
As She Was
by
Kenneth Johnson
Published: Nov 23, 2023
"she felt the water collect on her skin"
Jerusalem Marathon
by
Ellis Shuman
Published: Nov 19, 2023
"A deal. Man versus man, walker versus walker."
Back Alley Austin
by
Willy Conley
Published: Nov 19, 2023
Photo Art
Eye Bait
by
Willy Conley
Published: Nov 19, 2023
Photo Art
Low-Tech Signage
by
Willy Conley
Published: Nov 19, 2023
Photo Art
Which Table Do You Remember?
by
Lucia Cherciu
Published: Nov 15, 2023
Pieces of furniture, like sculptures, art objects saved, catalogued by fond memories.
Ice Chips
by
Madeleine French
Published: Nov 15, 2023
"Today, you're the one frightened"
Chalk Lines
by
Madeleine French
Published: Nov 15, 2023
"I examined my carefully constructed ribbon edge binding"
Those Kitchen Shears
by
Madeleine French
Published: Nov 15, 2023
"Cut me out of here"
Prudence Angel Worm
by
Angela Ball
Published: Nov 12, 2023
"I threw the jar from the nearest window"
The Sky Above My Bed
by
Megan Huwa
Published: Nov 12, 2023
"For nine weeks, I have laid here in hours of three"
Life's Stage
by
Megan Huwa
Published: Nov 12, 2023
"I don’t know his tragedy but I know mine"
My Body Language
by
Megan Huwa
Published: Nov 12, 2023
"I have read of miracles, yet wonder about my own."
The First Day I Saw Freedom Dance
by
Jonathan Ukah
Published: Nov 08, 2023
"She was beautiful like the moon"
Worth a Million
by
Jonathan Ukah
Published: Nov 08, 2023
"I saw an ancient, grey stool with legs like a dove"
The Journey
by
Jonathan Ukah
Published: Nov 08, 2023
"I will pluck soft, whole oranges, without the diseases of Egypt"
Long Island Sound
by
Russell Zintel
Published: Nov 08, 2023
"eleven fish fell off the bone"
Fatherland
by
Leslie Dianne
Published: Nov 05, 2023
"he turned the fable upside down"
This Year's Top 10 Most Read
Two Takes on Charles Marohn’s Strong Towns
by
Russell Arben Fox
Published: Jul 18, 2020
Russell Arben Fox reviews Charles Marohn's Strong Towns for San Antonio Review.
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Preprints (2):
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Russell Arben Fox
The Patronus Paradox
by
Chienyn Chi
,
Amrita Mishra
, and
Noah Weisz
Published: Jul 03, 2022
Dispelling the Dementors of Grad School
Emergence
by
Whitney Hurwitz
Published: Mar 19, 2023
"A reminder to us all"
Review of Austin Leonard Jones' Dead Calm
by
Harold Whit Williams
Published: Oct 16, 2022
Musician-poet-author Harold Whit Williams reviews authentic jukebox honky-tonk from Austin Leonard Jones.
Walking with Mom
by
Shalini Narang
Published: May 10, 2023
I too, will grow old and maybe ramble and bore
"The Dead Know What They're Doing When They Leave This World Behind." Did David Berman?
by
Andy Boyd
Published: Jul 19, 2020
Reflections on the untimely passing of the Silver Jews' frontman.
Doña Rosa
by
Tejaswinee Roychowdhury
Published: Jul 16, 2023
"I said no prayers when I watched their remains burn and rise in smoke"
Obsidian Fields
by
Patricia Contaxis
Published: Feb 22, 2023
"We walked through a lava field where no trees grew, nothing green"
Faith Journeys
by
Hege A. Jakobsen Lepri
Published: Mar 19, 2023
"Passion would soon be replaced by the smell of something burning"
The Question White Parents Should Be Asking
by
Margaret A. Hagerman
Published: Aug 07, 2020
Margaret A. Hagerman, sociologist and author of "White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America," says parents need to do more than talk to their kids to counter racism.
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Notes from the Editorial Collective
Recent Editors' Notes
Montevideo Water Crisis
by
William O. Pate II
Published: Jun 27, 2023
Tracking the crisis de agua in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Supplements (2):
Emergencia hídrica en Montevideo y Zona Metropolitana
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Zotero | Groups > Montevideo Water Crisis
Pushcart Prize Nominees
by
Arvilla Fee
Published: Nov 27, 2023
Congratulations to our 2023 Pushcart Nominee authors
Statement on the Climate Emergency
by
William O. Pate II
Published: Jan 26, 2023
Journalism should reflect what the science says on global heating: the climate emergency is here.
Notes from the Poetry Editor
by
Arvilla Fee
Published: Dec 06, 2022
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader." —Robert Frost
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