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Title Author Year
Tropical Town Salomón de la Selva 1918
Likely Jack Ridl 2019
From “Information Desk: An Epic” [Of all the pigments Rembrandt combined] Robyn Schiff 2023
Moon Tonight Gwendolyn Bennett 1926
I ask about what falls away Jason Magabo Perez 2023
Dear Kasama Jason Magabo Perez 2023
Students Fabio Pusterla 2007
Squatter in the Foreground Kenward Elmslie 1975
De Days Dat Are Gone Claude McKay 1912
Writing Prompt Michael Torres 2023
Youth and Age Kahlil Gibran 1926
Summer, You’re a Boneyard Gustavo Hernandez 2023
The Return Arna Bontemps 1927
When Dawn Comes to the City Claude McKay 1922
For the Candlelight Angelina Weld Grimké 1927
Nálí, Her Solo Laura Tohe 2022
Ghazal of Oranges Jan-Henry Gray 2022
The Art of Shooting in the Dark Denice Frohman 2022
“Stop. Go put your shoes back on. They’ll know we Okies,” a Lost Image Reclamation Anthony Cody 2022
Little Richard Peter Balakian 2022

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