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Sept/Oct 2021 • Vol. XLIII No. 5 • Poetry |

grief being thin as an envelope

By Nicole Callihan

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Winner of the 2023 Tenth Gate Prize and a 2023 Alma Book Award, Nicole Callihan has two recent poetry collections: chigger ridge (The Word Works, 2024) and SLIP (Saturnalia, 2025). Her other books include This Strange Garment (Terrapin, 2023), the 2019 novella The Couples (Mason Jar Press), and a forthcoming chapbook, griefbeing, from Lily Poetry Review Books. Find more at nicolecallihan.com.

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