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Keene Carter
Nature and the CityTrace Evidence, by Charif Shanahan. Tin House Books, 112 pp., $16.95.To 2040, by Jorie Graham. Copper Canyon Press, 88 pp., $25.Vexations, by Annelyse Gelman. University of … Read the rest
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Juliana Gray
Lizzie Borden and the Forty Whacks:Notes on a Rhyme Lizzie1 Borden2 took3 an axe4 Lizzie Andrew Borden was her full given name. Not Elizabeth, not … Read the rest
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An Interview with Daniel Torday
By Kyra DeVoe Daniel Torday is the author of The 12th Commandment, The Flight of Poxl West, and Boomer1. A two-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award … Read the rest
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West Branch 103, Fall 2023: Digital Issue
Cover Art: Math Homework, by Kaylie Kaitschuck (2022); yarn embroidery on felt, 18”x24” Guest Editor Susan Nguyen: A Special Feature Introduction by Guest Editor Susan Nguyen Chelsea B. DesAutels… Read the rest
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Amelia Ada
Like It Or NotPunks, by John Keene. The Song Cave, 234 pp., $20.Eggtooth, by Jesse Nathan. Unbound Edition Press, 136.pp, $24.An Eros Encyclopedia, by Rachel James. Wendy’s Subway, … Read the rest
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Laura Villareal
On Colonialism and Climate CrisisMuse Found in a Colonized Body, by Yesenia Montilla. Four Way Books, 108pp., $17.95banana [ ], by Paul Hlava Ceballos. University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 112, $18.00… Read the rest
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Slow Violence
“There are costs to our living on this small, terminable planet. Daily these costs bear down on each of us, but their severity, visibility, and immediacy depend on who and where one is in the world.”
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Brian Conn
GriffinI first became a banker as an alternative to suicide. Sometimes in life it is best to consider an alternative. It’s OK if you hate bankers, I hate them too, … Read the rest
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Guest Editor Susan Nguyen: A Special Feature
“I’ve been thinking and dreaming about the failures of language lately. How it has the power to make me feel small, to forget myself. This may sound strange coming from a writer and a poet – so often I talk about the possibilities of language.”
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West Branch 103, Fall 2023
In this Print Issue: Amelia Ada, Hajjar Baban, Ian Cappelli, Jane Donohue, Rachel Edelman, Natalie Eilbert, Sara Elkamel, Katarina Frostenson, Michael Garcia Bertrand, Juliana Gray, Myronn Hardy, Bradley Harmon. Jackson … Read the rest
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