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Poetry

Autumn 1988

The Bear Woman

By Linda Taylor

The fog went out today by ten. She took the wash and hung it, then began to paint again. She paints a thin, full-breasted woman looking far away to some […]

Poetry

Autumn 1988

Supper at LaPush

By Linda Taylor

After fifteen hours of light, the sun is loose and dropping. This the hour the sea ignites, and dinner fires whose signal fingers grabble the purple mist. Indian children on […]