Vol. 44 No. 1 — Summer 2024
Navigating tension appears to be the heart of this open-themed collection.
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You could be faulted for the impulse to burn in a wood stove your casual witnessing— small white book with your scribbles inside, feelings of meaning. Five years worth of words on thin lines under
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I am fixated on getting a four-generation photo. I spend late nights scheming about how I could persuade the hovering nuns of her senior complex to make just one exception or how I might sneak