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Summer 2025 • Vol. XLVII No. 3 • Nonfiction |

Two Veterans

By Adam O. Davis

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Adam O. Davis is the author of Index of Haunted Houses (Sarabande Books, 2020), winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. His work has recenty appeared in AGNI, The Best American Poetry, New Letters, Smartish Pace, and ZYZZYVA. The recipient of awards from the New Literary Project, Poetry International, and the Poetry Society of America, Davis lives in San Diego, where he teaches English literature at The Bishop’s School.

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