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Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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Poetry

The Duet

By W. H. Auden

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Wind of Spain

By Anthony Hecht

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Dream

By Anthony Hecht

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The Breath of Night

By Randall Jarrell

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The Clock in the Tower of the Church

By Randall Jarrell

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Overture: The Hostages

By Randall Jarrell

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The Child of Courts

By Randall Jarrell

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From Ancient Fangs

By Peter Viereck

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Aboriginal

By Josephine Miles

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Kind

By Josephine Miles

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Expectation

By Josephine Miles

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An Apprehension

By Josephine Miles

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Riddle

By Josephine Miles

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Countenance

By Josephine Miles

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Yield

By Josephine Miles

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Fiction

The Party

By Isaac Rosenfeld

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Nonfiction

Book Reviews

Stale Marxism

By Paul Goodman

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Bravado with Brilliance

By Dudley Fitts

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Two Up, Two Down

By Wentzle Ruml III

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Gentleman Historian

By Paul Radin

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The American Novel

By Mark Schorer

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