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Fall 2023

  • Heather Treseler

    I see now that motherhood is not required to speak a mother tongue.

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  • Laura Foley

    Water the boxed dirt, and up she’ll push, rising in red-streaked blossoms.

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  • Avia Tadmor

    There are parts of a man that are born again with each of his daughters.

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  • Ron Hansen

    “Ki o tsukete!” she called, and he knew the words. Be careful.

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  • Sharon Olds

    I am part dumb, and blind, and deaf, and untasting and unfeeling.

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  • Max V. Carp

    Here's an affecting glimpse into a story of fatherhood.

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  • Natasha Ayaz

    Husk was sturdy. He just breathed like it. Not like me. My lungs rattle.

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Fall 2023

Spring Contest Winners

  • Natasha AyazCrusaders

Fiction

  • Neha Chaudhary-KamdarKartika
  • Andre Dubus IIIMake It Black
  • Ron HansenYokai
  • Huntley Gibson PatonKristina, Goodbye
  • Jayne Anne PhillipsSharpshooter
  • Spencer WiseVertical Integration

Nonfiction

  • S. E. DanielsMy Mess of Conflicting Emotions
  • Pia Z. EhrhardtA Pandemonium of Want
  • Jim ShepardThe Mentally Ill Are Not Alone

Six-Word Stories

  • Max V. CarpDad

Readers' Narratives

  • Ellenora CageTangier

Features

  • Rick BassLetters to a Young Writer

Poetry Contest Winners

  • Laura FoleyAmaryllis
  • Avia TadmorMy Grandfather Delivers a Survivor’s Testimony at Yad Vashem
  • Heather TreselerPostscript

Poetry

  • Rose DeMaris
  • Caroline Falzone
  • Matthew Gilbert
  • Nick Martino
  • Sharon Olds
  • Amanda Maret Scharf
  • Pimone Triplett

iPoems

  • Shelley GirdnerEveryday Ending

Cartoons

  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2023-08
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2023-09
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2023-10
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2023-11
  • Various ArtistsCartoon Art Volume 2023-12

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