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  • Lives Intersected
    Nonfiction by Gail Purdy “Mom, it’s me!” I call out as I enter the apartment. Silence hangs in the air.… Read more: Lives Intersected
  • Standing
    Nonfiction by Thomasin LaMay They stood.  And stood for something.  Just by standing.   “Lupins” by Seamus Heaney Last summer, a… Read more: Standing
  • Learning to Drive
    Nonfiction by Dr. Nancy J Rennert Daddy picked me up outside my cousin’s apartment building in New York City for… Read more: Learning to Drive
  • Faded Picks and Broken Strings for Eric
    Poetry by James Fleet Underwood My gait aches, Kwan says I’m stooping,and the nose I broke brawling with your cousinwheezes… Read more: Faded Picks and Broken Strings for Eric
  • Like Neighborhood Kids
    Poetry by Jeffrey Sommer Behind the house an Italian Cypress shares the yardWith a Japanese maple and a Mexican Palm… Read more: Like Neighborhood Kids
  • We Sat You at the Water’s Edge
    Nonfiction by Aldo Giovannitti Bruno does his business by the bench by the parish, then he pulls. This is station… Read more: We Sat You at the Water’s Edge
  • Puddle
    Poetry by Haily Gagliardo A puddle lies stillstale from a morning’s rainOnce crisp with crystal huesnow brown and dullgiving way… Read more: Puddle
  • Grounded
    Poetry by Linda K. Allison I was never a girl who could flyNever one who could leapA maple seed pirouetting… Read more: Grounded
  • Bad Land
    Fiction by A.S. Gordon She called me this morning because the planks have begun falling. There are red wasps nesting… Read more: Bad Land
  • Endurance
    Poetry by Joli Huelskamp We exchange annoyed glancesas the noisy school groups jostle uson their rush through the Shackleton exhibit.… Read more: Endurance

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