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Angie Macri

Thirst To drink hard liquor here means glass, no iceas it would water down the drink and cheata man his feeling. Study the amber, firebecome...

Rita Mookerjee

Self-Portrait as Hymenopus Coronatus Curled Inside a Thai Orchid on the coast I see ribbon braids like war banners with stars & bows & sharp beads...

Laura Bandy

Body Horror: Biopsy I step through a glass door to the grassy courtyardoutside the clinic waiting room. The sun shines medium. On the ground, an iridescent...

Elizabeth Koster

Half Moon The mud was so t­hick we unbuckled our sandals and slid in that slick mineral earth, sludge squished between our toes. Giggling, giddy,...

Mary Ann McGuigan

The Assignment Miss Irving’s voice is nasal but forceful. As she reads the essay, she pauses now and then and looks at the class—most of...

Anna Rollins

Lemons To begin, we mix frozen lemonade concentrate with a wooden spoon. We set up with a sign, Solo cups, and a plastic pitcher at...

Jacqueline Doyle

  Ode to My Cat, Ten Years Gone Like a boy named Sue, you were a girl named Bert, because our young son loved his uncle’s...

Lori Barrett

Driving Without a Map Our warm bodies glow in the dashboard lights. My youngest, their boyfriend, and I follow the white lane lines and the...

Lauren Fath

How to Leave Without Saying Goodbye I’ve begun to feel, if not hope then what comes just after— or before— Let’s not call it regret, but this weight, or weightlessness, or just plain waiting. The ice...

Sally Anderson Boström

The Other One On the day I dare myself to have a drink in the city, alone, I end up sitting behind you. Someone I...

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