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Title Author Year
The Ball and Chain J. P. Grasser 2022
Parties Lauren Camp 2026
The Teeth on My Wrist Elizabeth Bradfield 2026
Rain All Night, Paris Marie Ponsot 2002
When You Hit Yourself with an Axe While Chopping Wood Tomica Bajsić 2025
Early Waking Léonie Adams 1929
Task Ari Banias 2025
Solo Jayne Cortez 2025
Anorexic Girl Claire Millikin 2021
Graduation Speech Given in a Dream Dan Beachy-Quick 2025
Bereavement is the Source of Beauty Han Yong-un 1926
The Lord is American W. J. Lofton 2025
Longings Nellie Rathbone Bright 1927
Dear Sister Emma Trelles 2025
From “Vita Nuova” [My thoughts all tend to speak of love] Dante Alighieri 2024
job prescription Evie Shockley 2024
That Part in the Music Carl Phillips 2024
To The People Who Have Resisted the Urge to Push an Asian Person Into the Path of a Moving Train Bao Phi 2024
Duplex for the Sick & Tired Kay Ulanday Barrett 2024
The Octoroon Georgia Douglas Johnson 1923

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