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At church camp, in a air raid shelter in wartime England, on an old flatbed trailer
By Our ReadersNovember 1988Oron flanks left with the small platoon of formally dressed sailors, all in ceremonial blue wool, all armed with parade M-1 rifles. The overcast sky is ashen on this mid-November day, and the wind pulsates bleakly over this little land of the dead.
By Jerry OglethorpeSeptember 1988She was chaste and chased. Miriam saw the men looking at her as she dove into the swimming pool, her body a golden promise.
By Deborah ShouseAugust 1988In retrospect I have realized that I could not have been more ready for the first section of the Course workbook, described in its introduction as “dealing with the undoing of the way you see now. . . .” Because my life had not been working, the way I saw things was quite ready to be undone.
By D. Patrick MillerAugust 1988Opening my legs for her wasn’t easy. / She was hunched and burnt-looking. / Her whole face puckered toward her mouth. / She spoke with words like “dirty shame” / while she gave her absolution — / a small, white cloth inserted / into my womb.
By Cedar KoonsJune 1988An old man and a butterfly, a beloved friend’s housewarming, a hysterectomy
By Our ReadersJanuary 1988Catching the eye of Harper and Row, being the first one into Chico Creek every spring, being tethered to the clothesline
By Our ReadersJune 1987The woman sits there a while and then we can see her face changing. It looks like she’s got all the troubles in the whole world. Her face crinkles up and she starts to cry. She wipes away her tears but they keep coming down and flowing into her toothless mouth.
By Jeff SpitzerDecember 1986Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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