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

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April 1, 1985

Call for Clues

By W. D. Snodgrass

(After the paintings of DeLoss McGraw)    Okay, you leaves up there, come clean; Your turn to sing out: whattaya seen? You can’t just perch there high and mighty Whispering, […]

April 1, 1985

Auction

By W. D. Snodgrass

(After the paintings of DeLoss McGraw)    For the gay tail feathers, say, what’ll you pay?—Red, blue and purple plumes—a bouquet Of heather-spume, or a lit fountain’s spray. Hey! Shave […]