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A commercial fisherman, a difficult pregnancy, a widowed father
By Our ReadersSeptember 2019dope death dead dying and jiving drove / her away made her take her laughter and her smiles / and her softness and her midnight sighs—
By Etheridge KnightSeptember 2019Jessica and I periodically take walks together. Her small dog, Ortiz, sometimes joins us. He spends his days eating shoes, peeing on the carpet, and jumping the backyard fence. But no matter where we go, I notice that he always knows the way home.
By Jane RatcliffeJuly 2019Like the other fishermen, I am waiting to have the day’s catch processed and flash-frozen for transport back to the Lower 48. A recent vasectomy makes me stand in line at a cant. I shift my weight to ease the dull throb in my groin.
By Dave ZobyJuly 2019Our dad got old. He moved in with his brother. We had all left home because we were supposed to figure out what we were good at and do it. He’d taught us that.
By Cary TennisJune 2019Helplessness makes monsters of people. He’s seen chairs thrown, exam tables kicked. The rooms pathologists speak to patients in now have everything bolted down.
By Kristopher JansmaJune 2019The Crandells participated in 4-H the way we did everything: bargain hunting, doing odd jobs, and keeping costs and desires to a minimum.
By Doug CrandellJune 2019A ghost in the house, the police at the door, a phone call in a dream
By Our ReadersMay 2019It is impossible to be a human being connected by affection to others and not be vulnerable to pains beyond our own.
By Sylvia BoorsteinMay 2019how can I tell him that every day I see her / smiling in her coral blouse, her matching lipstick, and her sunglasses, / sitting alfresco at our favorite Milwaukee cafe
By Andrea PotosMay 2019Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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