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Title Author Year
It's Hard to be a Saint Magdalena Zurawski 2019
My Life in Brutalist Architecture #1 John Gallaher 2019
Conversation with Phillis Wheatley #14 Tiana Clark 2018
San Sebastian Spencer Reece 2016
Everything Is Autobiography and Everything Is a Portrait Mary Hickman 2016
The Beef Epitaph Michael Benedikt 1976
Wake Turbulence Elizabeth Metzger 2026
Position Paper #53: National Archivist Andrea Lawlor 2026
[I finish The Lover and we take a walk.] Nicole Tallman 2025
“Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing” K. A. Hays 2026
A Loud Death Richard Jackson 2025
This Is Not a Horse Blas Falconer 2025
Sonnet LIX: Love’s Last Gift Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1869
A Slice of the Apocalypse Mattie Quesenberry Smith 2024
If It Be Dream Han Yong-un 1926
The Craft Elaine Equi 2025
Going to Work Nancy Mercado 2024
Hope Harriet Monroe 1892
I Saw Love’s Eyes Sophie Jewett 1910
Songs to the Peonies Sung to the Air: “Peaceful Brightness” Li Bai 1921

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