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The Commuter

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When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

Two poems by Birch Wiley

Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
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A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury

Three prose poems by Mike Bove

Sep 2 - Mike Bove
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Even Good Boys Get a Little Bloody Sometimes

Two poems by Kate Stoltzfus

Aug 12 - Kate Stoltzfus
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When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

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Crying on the Floor and Other Ways to Get Through It

Apr 7 - Elliott Vanskike

The Last Man I Loved Was a Woman

Jun 3 - Hua Xi
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My Mother’s Death Is a Government Disaster

Two poems by Nicholas Montemarano

Jan 22 - Nicholas Montemarano
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In My Heart, I’m Always Princess Peach

Two poems by Abbie Kiefer

Jan 15 - Abbie Kiefer
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If Sylvia Plath Wrote “Wild Geese”

Two poems by Erin Lyndal Martin

Dec 11 - Erin Lyndal Martin
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I Hope My Funeral’s a Fucking Mess

A poem by Kaia Ball

Nov 27 - Kaia Ball
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Who Needs a Date When I’ve Got a Microwave

"Hinge," a poem by Xinyue Huang

Nov 13 - Xinyue Huang
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One Day the Rice Cooker Won’t Live on the Floor

Two poems by Winshen Liu

Nov 6 - Winshen Liu
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I Told My Therapist I Put the Bi In Bipolar

Two poems by Bleah Patterson

Oct 23 - Bleah Patterson
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The Beauty and Audacity of Black Detroit

Two poems from GOOD DRESS by Brittany Rogers

Oct 9 - Brittany Rogers
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Dreaming About Crosstown Traffic From Prison

“The Roads,” a poem by John DiMenna

Sep 18 - John DiMenna
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