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

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March 5, 2010

In Praise of Small Things

By Tamiko Beyer

I’ve been reading early Lorine Niedecker poems and experiencing the wonder of the small poem: precise and clean. From the library, I checked out T&G: The Collected Poems (1936-1966), published […]

February 13, 2010

The Pleasure Principle

By Tamiko Beyer

I’m back in New York City for a brief visit to celebrate my sweetie’s success and be with her for Valentine’s Day. This, then: a mash note of a blog […]