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“Tourist at the Sisters of Charity,” by Gabriela Garcia

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She cried and I painted. And when I was finished,
she wiped that still-wet hand on my pants, left

streaks of drying varnish stinking the air.
Held her hand toward me. Said, again. Again.

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She cried and I painted. And when I was finished,
she wiped that still-wet hand on my pants, left

streaks of drying varnish stinking the air.
Held her hand toward me. Said, again. Again.

Horizontal Knowledge: Tom Sleigh’s “The Land Between Two Rivers”

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The Land Between Two Rivers calls to mind James Agee’s “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” in that both books were written by “amateurs”—both Sleigh and Agee are/were first and foremost literary writers, yet their books are works of journalism.

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The Land Between Two Rivers calls to mind James Agee’s “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men” in that both books were written by “amateurs”—both Sleigh and Agee are/were first and foremost literary writers, yet their books are works of journalism.

“Custody,” by Jen Karetnick

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Or do they belong to bilges
and broken pumps, shrouded to the eyes
with progressive waves that scour,
tumbling the surface, turning hours
identical, each as homeless as
these babies born between countries?

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Or do they belong to bilges
and broken pumps, shrouded to the eyes
with progressive waves that scour,
tumbling the surface, turning hours
identical, each as homeless as
these babies born between countries?

Here is the Room I Want to Fill with Birds: An Interview with Caitlin Bailey

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“One of the things I most wanted to explore was desire that can’t be sated. What happens when you get what you want (or think you want) and it’s not enough? What happens when you want something that doesn’t exist?”

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“One of the things I most wanted to explore was desire that can’t be sated. What happens when you get what you want (or think you want) and it’s not enough? What happens when you want something that doesn’t exist?”

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