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Exercises by Brooke Champagne

November 1, 2024

Enter: The Clown.

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In Nonfiction, Print Tags Throwback, throwback, Brooke Champagne, Archive, 2018 fall vol. 11 issue 2, 2024 November, print

The Sick Diet by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

May 17, 2023

because you left a good-bye note written on paper made of mummies.

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In Print, Poetry Tags 2023 May, Archive, Throwback, Poem, Poetry, The Sick Diet, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, 2008 fall vol. 1 issue 1, print
image of protestors

My Country ‘Tis: Say My Name by Ru Freeman

March 15, 2023

they
said it was uncivil but not a crime, it is never a crime when
you die; should I begin from the beginning should I add the women,
Renisha, Rekia, Chantel, Tyisha, Yvette, Gabriella, Miriam, Jessica

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In Poetry, Print Tags 2023 March, Ru Freeman, My Country 'Tis: Say My Name, Poetry, Poem, Throwback, Archive, 2016 fall vol. 9 issue 2, print
A cancer patient's hand bandaged and with needles.

On Nerves by Karen Babine

March 15, 2023

AT SOME POINT, all nerves get old. The body cannot regenerate in ways it is accustomed to doing.

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In Print, Nonfiction Tags Nonfiction, print, Throwback, 2023 March
A Mexican flag on a pole, with Mexico City in the background

Two Poems by Ángel García

March 8, 2023

A man sings for pesos,/on the corner, his hand/ swarmed by a song of bees

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In Print, Poetry Tags Poetry, 2017 spring vol. 10 issue 1, print, Throwback, BIPOC, BIPOC Poets, 2023 March
Image of a bee flying towards a white fower

Precious Cargo by Felicia Zamora

March 1, 2023

A honey bee knows the outcome of haste and yet, she is here, in the light. She lives fully, either always in fear of, or without fear of, death attached to her actions.

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In Print, Nonfiction Tags 2023 March, Precious Cargo, Felicia Zamora, Nonfiction, essay, creative nonfiction, archive, throwback, print, 2012 fall vol. 5 issue 2
Red light laser beams.

Dot by Lia Purpura

February 15, 2023

Empurpled, if caught in the gloaming, before the beam sharpens against true night and reddens the dot into super clarity.

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In Print, Nonfiction Tags Lia Purpura, 2013 fall vol. 6 issue 2, print, Throwback, 2023 February, Nonfiction
A woman suffering from insomnia, in bed, bedsheets up to her neck.

Mockingbird by Lia Purpura

February 15, 2023

Plain bird whose one song is all songs. / Who accompanied me once / while I waited and waited and no call came / and who, for god's sake, will not stop singing now.

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In Poetry, Print Tags 2009 spring vol. 2 issue 1, Mockinbgbird, Lia Purpura, poems, Poetry, Throwback, Archive, print, 2023 February
Image of a wolf's jaw open in profile against a dark background

Wolf Biter by Sarah Viren

December 7, 2022

When our habits deform our bodies, we can’t hide the proof of what we do.

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In Nonfiction, Print Tags Throwback, Archive, Wolf Biter, Sarah Viren, 2015 fall vol. 8 issue 2, 2022 December, creative nonfiction, essay, nonfiction, print

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