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October 2024

Poems to Carry in the Blood
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" as part of a community project by Tara Penry
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Mourning Walk
Back in spring, I got all Buddha-eyed and accepted pain. Or said I did. A fantastic update and a heartbreak offered up on a scale.
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Ghost Rider
aka You Can Be a Better Human—Muffled words dangle, inches from where my head lies. A voice? Sleep jumps off me. Why is there a voice?
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Travel Is a Topo Map
aka, Waiting for the Gringa: The moment my “weightlessness” dawns on me, time goes haywire. I pull up my pants and do the only thing I can. Run.
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September 2024

Two Places, One Frigid, One Balmy
One frigid, one balmy. A reading from an interview on favorite places and more with London-based travel writer Tom Fish.
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Speedy Boarding with Holly Starley
The Northern Lights, cloche hats and Chapstick on Holly Starley's Rolling Desk
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Whales and Warblers and Human Hearts
What are we here for? What's enough?
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Eleanor Anstruther's "In Judgement of Others"
Author interview. "Most of my books begin from a point of outrage. I’m really angry about something. Or I want revenge. And then as I explore, I find…
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You Can Be Here
My bladder recognizes walls that hold space for entire worlds. An exploration of who gets to say you can't be here and the love of public spaces where…
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