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ISSUE TWENTY<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Poetry<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Kissing in America<\/em><\/a> by Parker Logan<\/p>\n

Not Today<\/em> by Julie Weiss<\/a><\/p>\n

On Craft<\/em> by Erica Dawson<\/a><\/p>\n

The Water Cycle<\/em> by Para Vadhahong<\/a><\/p>\n

Five o’clock Shadow<\/em> in Philly<\/em> by Allen Means<\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond the Frost<\/em> by Richard Jordan<\/a><\/p>\n

Cooking Lesson<\/em> by Shira Haus<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden<\/em> by Aekta Khubchandani<\/a><\/p>\n

Softening Gravity<\/em> by McCaela Prentice<\/a><\/p>\n

How to be the Mother of a Missing Daughter<\/em><\/a> by Mara Lee Grayson<\/a><\/p>\n

The New Testament<\/em> by Michael Agubiade<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Prose<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Spirit Fisher by Tom Lee<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Song of Reason<\/em> by Jennifer McMahon<\/a><\/p>\n

Soft and Warm Against Me<\/em> by Evan Morgan Williams<\/a><\/p>\n

A Legacy of Birds<\/em> by Thom Hawkins<\/a><\/p>\n

Spine of Hard Bone<\/em> by by e. s\u00e4fverblad nelson<\/a><\/p>\n

The Opposite of Dusk<\/em> by Ron Riekki<\/a><\/p>\n

Pogo<\/em> by Suzanne C Martinez<\/a><\/p>\n

The Man in the Corner of My Eye<\/em> by Nathaniel Mumau<\/a><\/p>\n

We Blazed<\/em> by Amethyst Loscocco<\/a><\/p>\n

Zizzi<\/em>\u00a0by Hongwei Bao<\/a><\/p>\n

The Girl Most Likely To<\/em> by Sarah Freligh<\/a><\/p>\n

Sail On, Valhallan<\/em> by Travis Flatt<\/a><\/p>\n

Clutch<\/em> by Stephanie Frazee<\/a><\/p>\n

T4.N1.<\/em> by Beth Sherman<\/a><\/p>\n

The Ways We Orbit<\/em> by Kyle Weik<\/a><\/p>\n

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Masthead<\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor-in-Chief<\/strong>\u00a0Barbara Lock<\/p>\n

Managing Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Megan Nichols<\/p>\n

Managing Prose<\/strong>\u00a0Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Tessa Rossi<\/p>\n

Managing Poetry Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Keana Moreau<\/p>\n

Prose Editors<\/strong>\u00a0William Cagle \/\/ Catherine Roberts \/\/ Barbara Byar \/\/ Jeanne-Marie Fleming \/\/ Tori Walters \/\/ Suzy Eynon \/\/\u00a0Brandon Haffner \/\/ Heather Colley<\/p>\n

Prose Reader<\/strong> Brandi Handley<\/p>\n

Poetry Editors<\/strong>\u00a0David Eisenstat \/\/ Erica Abbott<\/p>\n

Poetry Readers<\/strong> Greer McAllister \/\/ Kevin Risner \/\/ Ashley Kim \/\/ Anoushka Kumar \/\/ Emily Adams-Aucoin \/\/ Emma Smith \/\/ DW Baker \/\/ Jaiden Thompson \/\/ Theodore Heil<\/p>\n

Production Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Colleen Flaherty<\/p>\n

Production Assistant<\/strong> Theodore Heil<\/p>\n

Social Media Editor<\/strong>\u00a0K.M. Crane<\/p>\n

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ISSUE TWENTYPoetry Kissing in America by Parker Logan Not Today by Julie Weiss On Craft by Erica Dawson The Water Cycle by Para Vadhahong Five o’clock Shadow in Philly by Allen Means Beyond the Frost by Richard Jordan Cooking Lesson by Shira Haus Golden by Aekta Khubchandani Softening Gravity by McCaela Prentice How to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159853871,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

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Poetry<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>

16th & U<\/em>\u00a0by Malik Thompson<\/a><\/p>

To the Gay Man at My Little Brother\u2019s High School Graduation<\/em> by Isaiah Gardner<\/a><\/p>

High Noon<\/em> by E. Peregrine<\/a><\/p>

Gestern<\/em> by Diane Raptosh<\/a><\/p>

Falling, Not like Petals or Snow<\/em> by Sandra Fees<\/a><\/p>

Underneath it All<\/em> by Kelsey Britt<\/a><\/p>

Loon Song<\/em> by <\/a>Steph Ellen Feeney<\/a><\/p>

inheritance<\/em> by Winshen Liu<\/a><\/p>

Vindication Dream in a Jerkwater Town<\/em> by Amelia Loeffler<\/a><\/p>

Still, Nearby<\/em> by Fawn Emmalee Ward<\/a><\/p>

At the Concert, I Make a Discovery<\/em> by Cecil Morris<\/a><\/p>

Magic Hour<\/em> by Gregory Crosby<\/a><\/p>

Empirically Nothing<\/em> by Tuhin Bhowal<\/a><\/p>


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Ghost Mother<\/em> by Xenia Sylvia Dylag<\/a><\/p>

The Interview <\/i>by Emily Rinkema<\/a><\/p>

The Kintsugi Workshop Where I Mend My Heart <\/em>by Fiona McKay<\/a><\/p>

The Riddle <\/em>by Jason Escareno<\/a><\/p>

You Will Pay <\/em>by Chelsea Catherine<\/a><\/p>

All That Rust and Grit <\/em>by Abbie Doll<\/a><\/p>

Founders<\/em> by William Brasse<\/a><\/p>

The Proposed<\/em> by Elijah Sparkman<\/a><\/p>

Ahead of Myself<\/em> by Claire Hopple<\/a><\/p>

Three Flash Fictions<\/em> by Eliza Scudder<\/a><\/p>

Bonesteel<\/em> by Shauna Friesen<\/a><\/p>

Savior <\/em>by Mackenzie Sanders<\/a><\/p>

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Founder<\/strong>\u00a0Tyler Pufpaff<\/p>

Editor-in-Chief<\/strong>\u00a0Barbara Lock<\/p>

Managing Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Megan Nichols<\/p>

Managing Prose<\/strong>\u00a0Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Tessa Rossi<\/p>

Managing Poetry Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Keana Moreau<\/p>

Prose Editors<\/strong>\u00a0William Cagle \/\/ Catherine Roberts \/\/ Barbara Byar \/\/ Jeanne-Marie Fleming \/\/ Tori Walters \/\/ Suzy Eynon \/\/\u00a0Brandon Haffner \/\/ Heather Colley<\/p>

Prose Reader<\/strong> Brandi Handley<\/p>

Poetry Editors<\/strong>\u00a0David Eisenstat \/\/ Erica Abbott<\/p>

Poetry Readers<\/strong>\u00a0Greer McAllister \/\/ Kevin Risner \/\/ Lindsey Schaffer \/\/ Dallas Atlas \/\/ Ashley Kim \/\/ Anoushka Kumar \/\/ Emily Adams-Aucoin \/\/ Emma Smith \/\/ DW Baker \/\/\u00a0Jaiden Thompson \/\/ Theodore Heil<\/p>

Production Editor<\/strong>\u00a0Colleen Flaherty<\/p>

Production Assistant<\/strong> Theodore Heil<\/p>

Social Media Editor<\/strong>\u00a0K.M. Crane<\/p>

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