“Pigboy and His Artificial Jesus” by Patrick J. Zhou
Winner of the 2024 Robert and Adele Schiff Award in fiction At night I kept my Jesus folded small...
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In the days following the tragedy, after the funerals were over and even the local papers had...
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This prose poem captures a modern relationship hollow from within, echoing T. S. Eliot.
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A masterful poem that moves from harm to care
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Lydia did not vacuum the floors or dust the overloaded bookshelves when the men started returning...
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