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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

Matt Hart

Catching Light
Vladislav Khodasevich translated by Alex Cigale

The Ape
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north of the earth (an excerpt)
Kate Middleton

Watching Science Fiction
Lauren Goodwin Slaughter

Syringe Training, Home Visit

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Ethan Chatagnier

The Law of Threes
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The Sick Nurse
Catherine Gammon

In Absence
Kim Henderson

Night Window
Valya Dudycz Lupescu

Seven
David Rutschman

The Devil’s New Red Axe; The Savannah
Sabrina Wise

Dear Rabbi Clearman

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Andrew Bomback

What Do You Do to the Enfermos?
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Where I’m Writing From
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After the Knife

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