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A literary journal of poetry, fiction, and lyrical commentary, founded at the University of Chicago in 2003.

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Book Cover for: Outside from the Inside, Anne Whitehouse

Outside from the Inside

Anne Whitehouse
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And our Best of the Net nominations for #Poetry: "April in Middle Age" by @webbish6 "Exactly 299,792,458 Meters Per Second," by @caroleebennett "Why Do Giraffes Climb Trees?" by @JulKDas "Ad Astra Per Aspera" by Bette Husted "Outside From The Inside" by Anne Whitehouse

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Book Cover for: Long Day: Poems, Peter Sears

Long Day: Poems

Peter Sears
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Former Oregon Poet Laureate Peter Sears has passed away. We'll be sharing some of his poems this week. https://t.co/gAFLkrxYZl

Paperback, 2019

$13.95$6.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Brown Girl Chromatography, Anuradha Bhowmik

Brown Girl Chromatography

Anuradha Bhowmik
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Happy #NationalPoetryMonth ! Peruse our pages for fantastic poems from @kelly_kiehl Anuradha Bhowmik, @lucy_logsdon , and @AlisonStine https://t.co/QTZ8fXgbpA

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Coming Home, Megan Kelly

Coming Home

Megan Kelly
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Our Pushcart nominations! "Coming Home" Suvi Mahonen "Lighthouse Journal from Litløy Fyr" Laurence O'Dwyer "The Unbearable Here" by Kami Westhoff & Kelly Magee "Subjects for the Smoking Room" Megan Wildhood "Ad Astra Per Aspera" Bette Husted "It Takes All Kinds" Josh Lefkowitz

Paperback, 2022

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Unbearable Heart, Kimiko Hahn

The Unbearable Heart

Kimiko Hahn
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CONGRATULATIONS to our Best of the Net Anthology nominees. #Fiction: "The Unbearable Here" by Kami Westhoff and Kelly Magee @kmagee29 , https://t.co/gJzVNdh93f and "Breathe, Hold," by Alessandra Sarchi and translated by Tim Cummins https://t.co/yOYGk4sgSB

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Book Cover for: P.D. Skaar's Montana Bird Distribution: 2003, Susan Lenard

P.D. Skaar's Montana Bird Distribution: 2003

Susan Lenard
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It’s a very Contrary New Year thanks to our Winter 2003 issue, featuring gorgeous fiction by Sandra Carlson Khalil, John Abbott @jpabbottauthor Anna Ufaeva, Edward Mc Whinney, and lyrical commentary by Lesley M. O’Connell @LesleyMOConnell https://t.co/ol8OyAbusL

Hardcover, 2022

$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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