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The Art of Poetry No. 116
By Alice Notley“Writing is not therapy. That’s the last thing it is. I still have my grief.”
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Between the World and the Universe, a Woman Is Thinking
By Sara Nicholson“At its heart, this poem describes a compressed moment in time, put into stark relief by her contemplation of the great organism of being.”
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Concerning the Future of Souls
By Joy Williams“Each birth is not the creation of a soul but the completion of the transmigration from one body to another. There is no such thing as a new soul.”
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Fiction
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Alice Notley’s Prophecies
By David Schurman Wallace“Isn’t the prophetic something truly surprising, arriving from outside our impaired vision?”
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Social Promotion
By Elijah Bailey“Stars were born for stages. Y’all have fun rolling round the gravel lot.”
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Fiction
Life Poem 1
By Elisa Gabbert“three deer, large as memory objects. / They stood in a circle / as if they knew life was a game.”
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Poetry
Miracle Garden
By Farah Al Qasimi“The mall wants you to see only what it shows you. Its illusions are Al Qasimi’s images.”