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Fall 2024 • Vol. XLVI No. 4 • Rural Spaces |

Out in the Country

By CD Eskilson

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CD Eskilson is a trans nonbinary poet, editor, and translator living in Arkansas. They are a recipient of the C.D. Wright / Academy of American Poets Prize, as well as a nominee for Best of the Net, Best New Poets, and the Pushcart Prize. Their debut poetry collection, Scream / Queen, is forthcoming from Acre Books in 2025.

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Murmuration

By CD Eskilson

Tupelo, MississippiI walk through a park off Natchez Trace:a field beside damp hiking trails that marks a Chickasaw village spot from the 1700s. Signs explain that a fort and family […]

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