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No One Is Coming to Save Us (Except Us)

A Call to Action by Martha Nichols

Don’t let the Court’s decision to overturn Roe—or the findings of the January 6 hearings—or the continuing disaster of climate change—make you give up.

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Porcelain Bones

TW Column by Judith A. Ross

I’d never witness her body’s natural aging process—her bones becoming brittle, her hair turning white.

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“Share Alike” © Kristina Alexanderson: Creative Commons license
Three Money Lessons for Starry-Eyed Authors

TW Column by David Biddle

Self-published literary novels do not sell well on Amazon—or anywhere else.

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"Missoula" ©  Katie Brady
Sure Things

Short Story by Hannah Thurman

I wonder if, years later, Montana will seem like a blip—or the beginning of the rest of my life.

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rob mclennan: Four Prose Poems

TW Poetry Spotlight

Dry, peeling skin a hybrid. A long braid. The screen is full of voices. Spring is at an end.

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"To Pablo" © Fabrice B. Poussin; used by permission
The Loss

Essay by Edward M. Cohen

When I awake with no desire to rush for a pen, it’s hard to see the value in what is happening.

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