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West Branch 112, Fall 2026:<br>Digital Issue
Poetry Chris KetchumConceptionGiovanni’s VoiceTaking You to Idaho Malvika JollyWhat You Must Know First About Me Fiction Julia HouThe Goatherd Zachary Tyler VickersThey Called Him … Read the rest
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A Republic Pressed by Thunder
By Oak Morse The Intentions of Thunder, by Patricia Smith. Scribner, 352 pp., $30 (hard). One theme in Patricia Smith’s The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems, … Read the rest
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Mark Halliday
Understanding a Poem A poet is talking to herself about her effort to reach a deeper truth in a poem. The process is painful but she keeps feeling that progress … Read the rest
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Anita Harag
Translated by Marietta Morry and Walter Burgess The Name Whose name do you keep saying in your sleep, my girlfriend asked. You kept repeating a woman’s name all night long. … Read the rest
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Maja Lukic
Encounters The black snake I must encounter to reach my writing studio is a real snake. It elongates its rubbery body across warm concrete, then slips into grass, undular in … Read the rest
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Matthew Gellman
The Understudy i. Stuttering and cluttering in front of a blank wall, I spent so much time rehearsing the words to avoid ire. I always liked watching my brother learning … Read the rest
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Kiran Kaur Saini
The Iteration of the Crow and the Worm In this iteration of your visit, you are a crow. You are outside on the windowsill, one eye facing the room, watching, … Read the rest
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West Branch 111, Spring/Summer 2026:<br>Digital Issue
Poetry Maja LukicEncounters Matthew GellmanThe Understudy Fiction Kiran Kaur SainiThe Iteration of the Crow and the Worm Fiction Translation Anita Haragtr. Marietta Morry & Walter Burgess… Read the rest
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West Branch 111, Spring/Summer 2026
In this Print Issue: Poetry by Matthew Gellman, Lincoln Greenhaw, Maja Lukic, Victoria Reynolds, Jessica Q. Stark, and Mason Wray; Fiction by Soramimi Hanarejima, Aidan O’Brien, Samantha Kathryn O’Brien, and … Read the rest
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