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The Plaid Dress Edna St. Vincent Millay 2001
Late Afternoon Michelle Bitting 2026
[We waved them off long ago. So why] Dimitri Psurtsev 2026
Da Normalization of War Lee A. Tonouchi 2021
Refrain Jameson Fitzpatrick 2026
The Bricklayer Luis Chaves 2026
A Song [I was want] Jos Charles 2026
The Iliad, Book XX [The Warrior’s Return] Homer 2023
My mother looks Manuel Iris 2025
Tomatoes Katrina Vandenberg 2026
A Good Doctor Michael Dickman 2025
Forgetting Joy Ladin 2025
From “Migrations” Gloria Gervitz 2025
If It Be Dream Han Yong-un 1926
Self and Life George Eliot 1884
The Story as I Understand It Leonora Speyer 1926
My Dead Relatives Myrna Nieves 2024
Dusk Hannah Arendt 2024
Dear ghosts, because you are dead and restless Julia Bouwsma 2018
Hope Harriet Monroe 1892

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