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The Current Issue: Winter 2021 Vol. 128 No. 4
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From the Editor - Winter 2021 ~ James Carson
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Going for Ice at the Motel on Ocean Boulevard ~ Marc Plourde
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Lilac Clouds and Wind Chimes ~ Deidre Dwyer
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Crown of Vespers (poem) ~ Mazzy Sleep
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In the Neighborhood of Sickness and Love ~ Alexis David
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Reasons Not to Be Human #1, 46: Airbnb ~ Sara Salih
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Old Blue Jeans (poem) ~ Sarain Frank Soonias
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Soldier's Heart ~ Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
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Healing Power, Present Wisdom (poem) ~ Meg Freer
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A Condensed History of Window Gazing ~ Christopher Cherney
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The Wash (poem) ~ Nicholas Bradley
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Playing at Soldiers ~ Joe Davies
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Danceland - (poem) ~ Richard Luftig
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Chile: By Bus Down the Pan-American Highway to Santiago ~ Ian Birch
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Yearning for the Zen of the Transit Lounge ~ Jane Cooper
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Flipper's Casino (poem) ~ Hamish Guthrie
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Belongs, Backwoods BC ~ Karen Simons
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The Alphabet (poem) ~ Sergey Gerasimov
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The Colours of Happiness ~ Paulo Da Costa
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Ending with the Skin (poem) ~ Chad Norman
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Yellow ~ Christine Fischer Guy
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Wanderlust (poem) ~ Marc Swan
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The Whiner in the Diner (poem) ~ Kathrin Schmidt (Sue Vickerman, translation)
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Dream exchange ~ Louise Carson
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