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“Sea Change” by Beth Brown Preston
"What will I achieve in these dreary days without you? / I want to tell you of this lonely time before winter sets in."
“I feel very close with all the speakers in this book”: An Interview with Jeffery Berg
"Your question makes me realize that the book is sort of a cacophony with a lot of different speakers, voices, and dialogue."
“Big-Time Decision Fatigue” by Robyn Art
"dread, that old pal, / stepping into the frame / like a reality show host with the release form, / the prison van idling at the curb."
“The Animal” by Joshua Zeitler
"The rabbit darts into the dark of my shadow, // and I almost believe it’s gone until I see / it’s burrowed under, through. It’s right /in front of me, nothing between us."
“His Face Was as Vague as That of a Ghost” by Alex Carrigan
"If he sat too long, he’d start to blend. / If he stood too long, he'd start to blend. / Colors seemed to run away from him / the longer he was awake each day."
“Last Roll of Film” by Bethany Bruno
"She looked free in a way she never had at home. I thought about how she used to stand at the sink, elbows locked, washing the same plate three times over while the radio played low."
"Durutti Column on the DC Metro" by Ed Brickell
"because they lived for doing, for telling others what to do, / for anger with strategic purpose, leaving and arriving / at their homes in darkness holding hours more of work"
"the like-likes & manhandlas of N.W. 72nd Ave." by Michael J. Pagán
"a mouth can be a weak point – an open wound – / to some, but she made it a gesture of life, of saving, / our saving."
What will I achieve in these dreary days without you? / I want to tell you of this lonely time before winter sets in.
“Something To Be Done” by Sean Burke
"Macaroni days made Peggy nervous. Macaroni was at the end of the pasta aisle at the far side of the football-field sized store and that trek with Joshua’s customers seemed to take forever."
“Making, Memories” by Georgia Smith
"Try again. It is not shock, not surprise. It is something else entirely. Try again. It is not an exaggerated, cartoonish expression. It is a true one. Try again. There is a glimmer of something else, something murkier."
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"Your question makes me realize that the book is sort of a cacophony with a lot of different speakers, voices, and dialogue."
The rabbit darts into the dark of my shadow, // and I almost believe it’s gone until I see / it’s burrowed under, through. It’s right /in front of me, nothing between us.
If he sat too long, he’d start to blend. / If he stood too long, he'd start to blend. / Colors seemed to run away from him / the longer he was awake each day.
She looked free in a way she never had at home. I thought about how she used to stand at the sink, elbows locked, washing the same plate three times over while the radio played low.
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because they lived for doing, for telling others what to do, / for anger with strategic purpose, leaving and arriving / at their homes in darkness holding hours more of work
Macaroni days made Peggy nervous. Macaroni was at the end of the pasta aisle at the far side of the football-field sized store and that trek with Joshua’s customers seemed to take forever.
Try again. It is not shock, not surprise. It is something else entirely. Try again. It is not an exaggerated, cartoonish expression. It is a true one. Try again. There is a glimmer of something else, something murkier.
