The Way Home by Gabrielle Esposito
December 28, 2023
Kurt is driving loose, drifting into the other lane as he maneuvers around bends. He’s in no hurry to get…
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Cottonmouth by Jerakah Greene
December 28, 2023
The Illinois River winding like a snake. Snakes inside the river, riding the current. The current dancing with my hands.…
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The Mane Event by Cheryl Dyer
December 28, 2023
At sunrise she knew it was over. Today would be new. Tracey had been awake nearly an hour when the…
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The Imperious Sign by J.Z. Wyckoff
December 28, 2023
His upbringing had been one of the worst Rachel had heard of—one of those chain-up situations, deep in Gulf County,…
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Psychic Handbook by Laura Schadler
December 28, 2023
All of us and none of us were psychic. Natasha in her billowy black dress. Only the prettiest girls could…
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On Buffleheads by Christina Ray Henry
December 28, 2023
You want to write about the Bufflehead and her smug little grin. If you do, it should tell us something…
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Doing the Work by Randall Albers
December 28, 2023
Novel excerpt from All the World Before Them 1970 And so it was that on the morning after commencement—a grand…
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Old Dirty Things by Jordan Hagedon
December 28, 2023
Shell had bought the house because she felt closer to benevolence there. It was a blue shingled house surrounded by…
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Grows a Tail by Lucy Campbell
December 28, 2023
I am in a hospital waiting room. Large windows overlook an urban landscape stretching into the distance, but first the…
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The Cenote by Dawn Goulet
December 28, 2023
Waking before dawn, the woman shushes the children into their clothes. Shoes for walking. Hats. Sunscreen. Knowing the breakfast buffet…
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Bridge Club by Mary Hannah Terzino
December 28, 2023
Even at six years old, I knew who the alcoholics were. They appeared at my mother’s monthly bridge club late,…
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The Thief of Words by Anthony Bukoski
December 28, 2023
When he worked days, my father came home around the same time as Basia, Father carrying his lunch pail, my…
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What Only Makes You Stronger by APGaines
December 28, 2023
Behind these walls, beneath layers of blankets, the house is mostly asleep, and I hold in my hand a slippery…
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Coyote by Dayna Copeland
December 28, 2023
Neon green buzz from beyond, 9:51p.m. Mountain time, 11:51p.m. on the East Coast. It was Dad. “Good Midwest rock from…
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Wind Telephone Booth by Judy Bolton-Fasman
December 28, 2023
In 2010, a Japanese garden designer named Itaru Sasaki—who lives outside the coastal city of Ōtsuchi—built a telephone booth on…
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Remind Me to Never Use the Puerto Rican Jukebox as a Portal Again by Flávia Monteiro
December 28, 2023
No matter how much we Lonely-Planet ourselves up, the story of traveling is the story of being caught off guard…
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Mother Daughter Mother Daughter by Donna Miscolta
December 28, 2023
My daughter walks around her apartment shirtless. Her breasts are impressive given the tradition of small-breasted women in our family.…
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A 21-Gun Salute by Keith Aron
December 28, 2023
“The 21-gun salute, commonly recognized by many nations, is the highest honor rendered.” www.arlingtoncemetery.mil, “21-Gun Salute” In acknowledgment of the…
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Recent Impressions of H.O. Tanner’s The Annunciation: Viewings from different angles, emotional states by Nick Hilbourn
December 28, 2023
“Tanner entered this painting in the 1898 Paris Salon exhibition, after which it was bought for the Philadelphia Museum of…
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The Women in Between by Ashton Cynthia Clarke
December 28, 2023
Recently, I was invited to perform a reading of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, the book created by…
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Salt of the Earth by Patrycja Humienik
December 28, 2023
In a blurry photo from my first trip to Poland at 19, me and my godmother, one ofmy mother’s ten…
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The Spy Balloon and the Sundial by Susanna Lang
December 28, 2023
I dance across the bluecurtain of the sky, my silkgleaming white in the sun’sembrace, clouds pirouettingaround us. Here on the…
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Poetry by John McCarthy
December 28, 2023
Origin of Fear Rides in on an unfriendly windand transforms the trees into strong hands that can’t be seen but…
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The Revolution by Rodrigo Toscano
December 28, 2023
Gray birds made of marble falling from the sky Swamp oaks taking two steps forward, if you look closely Levee…
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The Safekeeping of Memories and Ghosts: An Interview with Kathleen Quigley
December 19, 2023
By Patricia Ann McNair I’ve known Kathleen Quigley, the winner of Michigan Writers 2023 Chapbook Competition in Nonfiction, for more…
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Finding Your Prowess, Feeling Your Worth: An Interview with Sharon Bippus, Michigan Writers Cooperative Press Chapbook Winner
December 9, 2023
By John Mauk In northern Michigan, we have bears, cherries, waves of tourists, and a vibrant literary community. If you walk…
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Dressing Up as Someone Else: An Interview with Jeremy Wilson
November 26, 2023
By Kate Wisel On the phone, for reasons we no longer understand, my friend and I forgo the usual hello…
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From Dust to Stardust: An Interview with Poet, Novelist, and Publisher Kathleen M. Rooney
October 13, 2023
FROM DUST TO STARDUST: An Interview with Poet, Novelist, and Publisher Kathleen M. Rooney
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Finding a Story’s Chemical Equation: An Interview with Author Jody Hobbs Hesler
October 5, 2023
By Susan Baller-Shepard In the back of a van speeding up Monte Erice, the Mountain of God, not far from…
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Meet Me at the Crossroads—An Interview with Deborah Shapiro
September 7, 2023
By Karen Halvorsen Schreck Writing was getting me down.  Well, not writing, exactly, but publishing, the business industry of things.…
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