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Winter 2025 • Vol. XLVII No. 1 • Far Corners Folio |

The Iron Lung

By Robin Babb

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Robin Babb is an MFA student in creative nonfiction at the University of New Mexico. Her work has appeared in phoebe, New Mexico Magazine, Conceptions Southwest, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a collection of essays.

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