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48.4 (Winter 2025): “Strange Bedfellows”

The Winter issue includes the winners of the 2025 Perkoff Prize, as well as debut fiction from Jeanne Rogow and Laura Dedmon. Additionally, there is new fiction from Rachel Lastra,… read more

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Mar 05 2026

A Conversation with Kelli Russell Agodon

Kelli Russell Agodon is a bi/queer poet and editor whose newest poetry book, Accidental Devotions, will be published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2026. Accidental Devotions, a collection dedicated to… read more

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Poem of the Week

Apr 06 2026

“The Kidnapped Child” by Nicholas Samaras

“The Kidnapped Child” by Nicholas Samaras is our Poem of the Week. *** The Kidnapped Child What do you really want to know? I came from a dark place called… read more

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Apr 09 2026

“The Dogs” by Zoe Ballering

In this sparkling, spare sci-fi by Zoe Ballering, the descendants of Earth’s elite trawl space for “the barest hint of life,” aching for what, and who, they left behind. Most… read more

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