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Title Author Year
That god forbid that made me first your slave (Sonnet 58) William Shakespeare 1904
The Broken Man’s Permission Aaron Coleman 2018
I Have Built a Garden … Diana Bellessi 2026
Afterwards Eva Candelaria Sosa 2026
Position Paper #53: National Archivist Andrea Lawlor 2026
Not Brave Maha Hashwi 2026
Sal Lucille Clifton 2026
Richard’s Not Such a Die-Hard Christian After All Michelle Bitting 2026
After Escher George Bilgere 2026
the art of losing Rabha Ashry 2026
“Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing” K. A. Hays 2026
Tomatoes Katrina Vandenberg 2026
Ode to the Coyote Mateo Quispe 2024
A Serenade Pierre Dupont 2025
my dream about the second coming Lucille Clifton 1987
Daria Ukiyo-e Aristilde Kirby 2024
Dear ghosts, because you are dead and restless Julia Bouwsma 2018
The Swimmer Witter Bynner 1920
Swan Song Armen Davoudian 2024
Abecedarian on the Good Father Keith Leonard 2024

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