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Title Author Year
The Odyssey, Book XXIII [The Trunk of the Olive Tree] Homer 1961
Go Greyhound Bob Hicok 2004
In the Next Galaxy Ruth Stone 2002
Shafro Terrance Hayes 1999
A Hermit Thrush Amy Clampitt 1997
I Come from a Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen Kari Gunter-Seymour 2020
1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed LeAnne Howe 2020
That god forbid that made me first your slave (Sonnet 58) William Shakespeare 1904
Sculpture with Fragments of Stuart Hall Christian Campbell 2018
The Broken Man’s Permission Aaron Coleman 2018
Position Paper #53: National Archivist Andrea Lawlor 2026
The Iliad, Book XX [The Warrior’s Return] Homer 2023
Richard’s Not Such a Die-Hard Christian After All Michelle Bitting 2026
“Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing” K. A. Hays 2026
Youth Frank Horne 1927
A Good Doctor Michael Dickman 2025
The Thing Dead on the Road Brian Gyamfi 2025
Sonnet LIX: Love’s Last Gift Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1869
If It Be Dream Han Yong-un 1926
Leaving the House Nasser Rabah 2025

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