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image of a total solar eclipse

Threshold

By Scott Broker
Silhouette of a crowd of people wielding swords against a fiery background, as if to suggest war.

Once Upon a Time

By Natsume Sōseki, translated from Chinese by Ryan Choi
A fly sits on edge of a white flower's petal against a blurry green background.

Kingdom

By Brian Gyamfi

My Mother’s Stalker

By K-Ming Chang

Traci Brimhall

Traci Brimhall is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod (Copper Canyon). Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The New Republic, Orion, and Best American Poetry. Her essays have appeared in Gulf Coast, Brevity, Georgia Review, Southern Review, and Bellingham Review, which awarded her the Annie Dillard Prize in Nonfiction. She’s the Director of Creative Writing at Kansas State University and lives in Manhattan, KS.
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The Grief Artist

By Traci Brimhall January 6, 2021
In the wake of a loss comes the urge to create.
Poetry Arts & Culture

How to Write a Love Poem

Traci Brimhall, illustrated by Eryn Cruft December 15, 2011

Begin with the blackbirds you shot for menacing / the finches.

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