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"FAVORITES"- 2024/2025

The writer Amy Gerstler wearing a fuchsia pink blouse and black sweater, with brown hair, light skin, and glasses with thick frames.

SIREN

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Amy Gerstler

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The writer Amy Gerstler wearing a fuchsia pink blouse and black sweater, with brown hair, light skin, and glasses with thick frames.

THE LURE OF THE UNFINISHED

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Amy Gerstler

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The writer Natasha Sajé, with light skin and gray hair, wearing cat-eye glasses and a dark blouse, looking up at the camera.

READING

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Natasha Sajé

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The writer Naomi Ulsted with light skin and long hair dyed pink, wearing long silver earrings and a sky-blue and red plaid scarf around her shoulders.

ALIEN EXCHANGE PROGRAM - HOST APPLICATION

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Naomi Ulsted

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The writer Naomi Ulsted with light skin and long blond and dyed red hair, wearing silver earrings and a turquoise and red plaid scarf around her shoulders.

A TWIST OF THE VINE

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Naomi Ulsted

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The writer Austin Holmes, with light skin and dark hair and beard, wearing glasses and a denim shirt.

SOMETHING TO SURRENDER TO

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Austin Holmes

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The writer Austin Holmes with light skin and dark hair and beard, wearing wire-rim glasses and a denim shirt, seated beside a sunny window.

BONE SUITE

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AUSTIN HOLMES

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The poet and scholar Kimberly Johnson with light skin and dark hair, wearing a ski sweater and seated in front of library bookshelves.

FOLEY CATHETER

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Kimberly Johnson

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The poet Cynthia Hardy with light skin and silver hair, next to a green-eyed tabby cat.

INSOMNIA

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Cynthia Hardy

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The writer Patrick Ramsay, with light skin and dark hair and mustache, standing in the Happy Magpie bookstore.

I'D RATHER BE INFLUENCED

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Patrick Ramsay

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The writer Patrick Ramsay, with light skin and dark hair and mustache, standing in the Happy Magpie bookstore.

BEFORE THIRTY

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Patrick Ramsay

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The writer Nancy Takacs with light skin and hair, wearing a red shirt and black sweater and sunglasses.

THE WORRIER

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Nancy Takacs

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The writer Brock Dethier, with white hair and beard, wearing a navy blue parka.

YOU OUGHTA KNOW

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Brock Dethier

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The writer Brock Dethier, with white hair and beard, wearing a navy blue parka.

THE BLACK FLIES OF HOME

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Brock Dethier

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The poet Jerry VanIeperen with light skin and dark beard, carrying a backpack and wearing a baseball hat.

PISSING TOWARD THE SKY

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Jerry VanIeperen

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The author Joe Sacksteder with dark hair and light skin, wearing a blue tshirt and tan trousers, standing in front of a vast landscape of forested mountains and blue sky.

TUESDAY NIGHT BIEBER

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Joe Sacksteder

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The poet Jerry VanIeperen with light skin and dark beard, carrying a backpack and wearing a baseball hat.

HIROSHI TANAHASHI

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Jerry VanIeperen

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The author Joe Sacksteder with dark hair and light skin, wearing a blue tshirt and tan trousers, standing in front of a vast landscape of forested mountains and blue sky.

11/8/16

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by Joe Sacksteder

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The poet Kevin Prufer, with olive skin and short dark hair, wearing a dark silk shirt.

FIREFLIES

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Kevin Prufer

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The writer Kevin Prufer, with olive skin and short, dark hair, wearing a dark silk shirt.

AUTOMOTIVE

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Kevin Prufer

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The writer Natashe Sajé, with light skin and gray hair, wearing cat eye glasses and a dark blouse, and looking up at the camera.

GRADUAL

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Natashe Sajé

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The writer and musician Ken Waldman, with light skin, dark hair and gray beard, wearing a plaid shirt and playing a fiddle.

VILLAGE FIDDLE

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Ken Waldman

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The writer and musician Ken Waldman, with light skin, dark hair and gray beard, wearing a plaid shirt and playing a fiddle.

NEW ORLEANS VILLANELLE

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Ken Waldman

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The writer Paul Fericano with light skin and dark hair, wearing a plaid shirt and neckerchief and wire glasses.

STILL LIFE WITH MORMONS IN MY LIVING ROOM

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Paul Fericano

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The writer Paul Fericano with light skin and dark hair, wearing a plaid shirt and neckerchief and wire glasses.

SINATRA, SINATRA

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Paul Fericano

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The poet Natalie Padilla Young with light skin and dark, shoulder-length hair, wearing a striped sweater.

SACRAMENT MEETING STARTED THE THREE HOURS OF CHURCH ON SUNDAY

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Natalie Padilla Young

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The poet Natalie Padilla Young with light skin and dark, shoulder-length hair, wearing a striped sweater.

TEDDY THOMPSON CROONS LEONARD COHEN

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Natalie Padilla Young

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The writer Nancy Takacs with light skin and hair, wearing a red shirt and black sweater and sunglasses.

JUNK EMAIL

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Nancy Takacs

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The poet Mike White with light skin and short, dark hair, wearing a black shirt.

BELIEF

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Mike White

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The poet Mike White with light skin and short, dark hair, wearing a black shirt.

WITHOUT QUESTION I AM

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Mike White

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The poet and musician Jeff Talmadge with light skin and short dark hair, seated on a couch and wearing a dark suit with a guitar across his lap.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW SNOW

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Jeff Talmadge

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The poet and musician Jeff Talmadge with light skin and short dark hair, seated on a couch and wearing a dark suit with a guitar across his lap.

THE LITTLE HOUSE, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS

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Jeff Talmadge

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The poet Shanan Ballam with light skin and long dark hair, wearing a red blouse.

THE DREAM

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Shanan Ballam

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The poet Shanan Ballam with light skin and long dark hair, wearing a red blouse.

JULY

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Shanan Ballam

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The poet and scholar Kimberly Johnson with light skin and dark hair, seated in front of a library of books.

MISSA BREVIS

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Kimberly Johnson

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The poet Cynthia Hardy with light skin and silver hair, next to a green-eyed tabby cat.

AMONG

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Cynthia Hardy

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The writer Michael McClane with light skin, dark hair and beard, wearing a green plaid shirt and speaking into a microphone.

ON THE DISEMBARKATION OF SERGEANT NATHAN E. COOK IN AUCKLAND, 13 JUNE 1942

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Michael McLane

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The writer Michael McClane with light skin, dark hair and beard, wearing a green plaid shirt and speaking into a microphone.

MAKARA BEACH

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Michael McLane

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