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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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Fiction

The Secret Dog

By Peter Cameron

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House Hunting

By Joyce Carol Oates

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At the Center for Younger Mothers

By Linda Collins

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Nonfiction

Poetry

Woodchuck

By Eamon Grennan

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Walking Fall

By Eamon Grennan

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The Nature of America

By Eamon Grennan

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Fish Bones

By Mary Oliver

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The Terns

By Mary Oliver

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Indonesia

By Mary Oliver

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Natural History

By Eric Pankey

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Permanence

By Eric Pankey

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General Sherman in Hell

By Dieter Weslowski

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Last Spring, This Spring, Last Spring..

By Dieter Weslowski

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What Winter Branches Remember

By Dieter Weslowski

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Night Is the Actuality of Things

By Dieter Weslowski

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Resurrection, with Apology to George Herbert

By Dieter Weslowski

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Esther Describes How She Was Chosen Queen

By Mark Nepo

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Esther Cannot Control Haman and Ahasuerus

By Mark Nepo

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Reporting Back to J.B. on His Handiwork

By Trevor West Knapp

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As Spring Approaches, I Think about Poetry

By Trevor West Knapp

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Soldier and Laughing Girl

By Susan Snively

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The Law of Gravity

By Susan Snively

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Deus Absconditus

By Ruth Padel

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Shards

By Ruth Padel

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Personally Speaking

The Aesthetics of John Cage: A Composite Interview

By Richard Kostelanetz and John Cage

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Book Reviews