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Nov/Dec 2021 • Vol. XLIII No. 6 |

Blue Whale Challenge

By Christian Butterfield

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Christian Butterfield is an eighteen-year-old essayist studying at Emerson College. In 2019, he served as the National Student Poet of the Southeast, and his work has since been recognized by Best Teen Writing, the YoungArts Foundation, and the Adroit Journal. He reads for EX/POST Magazine and is the content director for the Farside Review.

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Into the Hush

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