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In Andros, I Watch a Goat Run to and away from My Father’s Hands
He opens his eyes. His eyes
the color of its gray co…
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June 20, 2019The poet Phoebe Giannisi and WLT Translation Prize (Poetry) winner Brian Sneeden Leaves Inside these articulations the beginnings of language outside of yes and no inside…
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