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The Current Issue: Fall 2023 Vol. 130 No. 3
Fall 2023 Vol. 130 No. 3
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From the Editor - Fall 2023 ~ James Carson
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My Whole Family (poem) ~ Salma Hussain
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Day Late in South Africa ~ Joe Davies
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The Sojourn ~ Anayo Dioha
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Quiet Here Now ~ Henry Hughes
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Two Surprises, Part 1 ~ Tanya Tomasch
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On the Surface (poem) ~ Jean Eng
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The Farm ~ Richard Brait
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Looking into the past. (poem) ~ Greta Du Bois Cleynhens
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Back to Ka-ou-enesegoan ~ Charles Prior
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The Threadbare Rug (poem) ~ Salma Hussain
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Four Afghans in Arles ~ Mark Anthony Jarman
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Spy Balloon (poem) ~ Ken Sherman
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Women Out Walking (poem) ~ Chad Norman
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Two Surprises, Part 2 ~ Tanya Tomasch
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This article is about the city in Canada. (poem) ~ C. H. Weihmann
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What Does It Mean to Be Legendary? ~ Emily R. Zarevich
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End Game (poem) ~ Jean Van Loon
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History’s Selective Forgotten (poem) ~ Glenn Arthur Sweazey
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Sorrow Should Be Grown-up Too (poem) ~ Yan Li (translated by Anna Yin
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Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder ~ Connie LeVert
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while riding Rocinante, Autumn 2022 (poem) ~ Glenn Arthur Sweazey
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The Annex ~ Anthony Purdy
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Unfixed Address (poem) ~ Tim Bowling
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Taxi to the Train Station at Puerto Quijarro ~ Ian Birch
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The Golden Meteorite ~ Peter Jedicke
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The Alchemy (poem) ~ Salma Hussain
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