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Big Mouth
Alice enters a Nebraska fair’s marble-mouth contest and finds the courage to name what has been silently haunting her.
Collected Works in Contemporary Art and Literature
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Annelies Verbeke: A Literary Journey
An insightful interview with celebrated author Annelies Verbeke, exploring her doppelgänger novel in progress, the cinematic nature of her writing, and the complexities of being a European writer in a…
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Into the Mine
“Aren’t antiquities different on account of changing hands, of being assigned different meanings in different eras, so that it’s excusable for even columns of a given structure to be parted…
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Bridge by the Sea
“You seem familiar. Could I have known you before?” he asks. His touch is ordinary, yet his magic is spun from our collective dreams—his power grows as lives are lost…
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Everyday Collisions
“calling my wife / by my sister’s name; / pausing wondering / if she noticed.” (Freud)
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Irene loves Placido Domingo
A poignant and humorous conversation with Irene, an elderly woman reminiscing about her love for opera legend Placido Domingo. A touching reflection on aging, memory, and unfulfilled desires.
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Cut from the Same Tongue
An evocative poetry collection exploring the Filipino diaspora, “Not That Kind of Filipino” delves into identity, family, and cultural legacy through vivid imagery and personal reflection.
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Forecasts of Dread
From “Eternal Optimist”: “Oh look the forecast / is calling for nothing / but sunny days with a / chance of blood frogs / lice flies mad cow boils /…
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Closet Space
Four poignant poems navigating themes of identity, love, and revelation. The poet confronts the complexities of relationships with unflinching honesty yet struggles to reach deeper emotional truths.
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Street Dogs
“The whites of her paws and the tip of her tail glow in the lavender hour light. How could he have wanted to send her away?”
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Río San Pedro Journey
Blood streaks the edge of the Earth. Cirrus clouds wisp across the mountain crags. Then dusk darkens towards us. A silver crescent moon, its points upward, rises before us. The…