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Winter 2025 Cover with photo by Lys Arango of 3 coal miners sitting on a bench during lunch

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Down By the River
… Melamine cup I’d served her coffee in and shook her head. “Died in two minutes. Sheila Powell had blood all over her, … and sometimes takes classes in nontechnical subjects at the community college. And he married a college student, the … fix a big breakfast while Warren gets his tools and materials for the day loaded on the truck. We eat, and Warren …
Forbidden Waters
… myself. This is a story about reservoirs, those special bodies of water that are set aside for drinking water and … it had been rinsed in tea. People who lived in our town and commuted to the city to work got to drink the reservoir … them in that small boat, there with them and their desire. 126-133 By Corinne Demas Bliss …
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On Dambudzo Marechera: The Life and Times of an African Writer
… all he had were his typewriter and a few books. He died at thirty-five, an age when most writers are just … he would still talk of his German outing as one of the high points of his life. *  *  *  *   Charles William Dambudzo … Africa African writers Dambudzo Marechera 251-260 By Helon Habila …
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“The Moon Has No Home”: Japanese Color Woodblock Prints
… Richard Lane, author of one of the most authoritative studies of Japanese prints, Images from the Floating World: The … Yoshitoshi, Eisen, and Kiyochika. This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue advocate a more fluid interpretation of … sections aim to educate viewers, to introduce us to some points of connoisseurship and to themes often found in …
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Unapproachable Light
… rickety hovels, making any attempt at central planning or common architectural design look like bureaucratic madness. … of the passing trains and the call of the muezzin. A soldier stands guard at Camp Bondsteel. (Armend Nimani / AFP / … George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, and even Sarah Palin—points to the region’s significance. In 2005, at another …
The Sacred Harp in the Land of Eden
… an elevated rail with a little velvet curtain. At intervals they dutifully rise to sing the hymns provided in … and musical professionalism in the church. The choir sings competently because it is made up of educated musicians with well-behaved voices. The congregation listens obediently because that is what it is supposed to do. When the …
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