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Poetry

The Clearing In The Forest

By Tomas Tranströmer, Robert BlySeptember 1980

Fiction

As Manny walked he was overwhelmed by the delicate, inviolable crown of the stars. Freedom was a feather brushed and swept across the heavens, now sweeping his tongue, his nostrils, his lungs. There was nothing more he needed.

By Jimmy Santiago BacaSeptember 1980

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By Sy SafranskyJuly 1980

Poetry