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  1. Introduction: Clarity and Surprise
  2. John Skoyles
  3. pp. 9-11
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949414
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  1. Ghost
  2. Charles Baxter
  3. pp. 12-26
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949415
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  1. That Pasta, and: A Man and a Woman
  2. Rafael Alcides, Translated from the Spanish by Pablo Medina
  3. pp. 27-28
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949416
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  1. Love Letter, and: After the Hurricane
  2. Kellam Ayres
  3. pp. 29-33
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949417
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  1. Mackinac
  2. Justin Balog
  3. p. 34
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949418
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  1. Rue des Martyrs
  2. Craig Burnett
  3. pp. 35-36
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949419
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  1. Alzheimer’s translation: Homophonic VI
  2. Alex Chertok
  3. pp. 37-38
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949420
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  1. The Difference Between Them
  2. Miranda Cowley Heller
  3. pp. 39-40
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949421
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  1. Crying Guy
  2. Zachary Cotler
  3. p. 41
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949422
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  1. Tiny Broken Things
  2. Margarita Cruz
  3. p. 42
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949423
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  1. Proverbs
  2. Stuart Dybek
  3. p. 43
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949424
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  1. Postmarked from the Middle of Nowhere
  2. Ansel Elkins
  3. pp. 44-45
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949425
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  1. April is the cruelest month, except all the ones before it
  2. Ori Fienberg
  3. p. 46
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949426
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  1. Extinction
  2. Emily Fragos
  3. p. 47
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949427
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  1. The Women’s Hospital
  2. Eliot Fox
  3. pp. 48-60
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949428
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  1. Pen
  2. Jeffrey Harrison
  3. pp. 61-62
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949429
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  1. Around here
  2. Bob Hicok
  3. p. 63
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949430
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  1. Ode to Retinol
  2. Taylor Light
  3. p. 64
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949431
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  1. Poem
  2. Timothy Liu
  3. pp. 65-66
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949432
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  1. rest in peace, beloveds
  2. Rasaq Malik Gbolahan
  3. pp. 67-68
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949433
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  1. Poem
  2. Leslie McIntosh
  3. p. 69
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949434
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  1. Sharps & Flats
  2. Allan Miller
  3. pp. 70-78
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949435
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  1. Hildegard Confides
  2. Nancy Mitchell
  3. p. 79
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949436
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  1. Total Liability
  2. Rosalie Moffett
  3. pp. 80-81
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949437
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  1. The World
  2. Malena Mörling
  3. pp. 82-83
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949438
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  1. Zugzwang
  2. Jarrett Moseley
  3. pp. 84-85
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949439
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  1. That Halloween
  2. Alexandra Napier
  3. p. 86
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949440
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  1. Kids’ Corner
  2. Tom Noyes
  3. pp. 87-96
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949441
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  1. Even Time Grows Old
  2. D. Nurkse
  3. p. 97
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949442
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  1. Meditation on the Question of Self Before Meeting Sarah for Moroccan Stew
  2. Maya Pindyck
  3. p. 98
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949443
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  1. Linea Nigra
  2. Alafia Nicole Sessions
  3. p. 99
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949444
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  1. Steeple Beyond Repair
  2. Ron Slate
  3. pp. 100-101
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949445
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  1. Havener
  2. Valerie Sayers
  3. pp. 102-109
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949446
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  1. Melancholia
  2. Matthew Buckley Smith
  3. p. 110
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949447
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  1. bop: the journalist asks Jimmy what it was like when Martin died
  2. Daniel B. Summerhill
  3. p. 111
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949448
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  1. Birthday Poem
  2. Tola Sylvan
  3. p. 112
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949449
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  1. Mercy
  2. Joan Silber
  3. pp. 113-131
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949450
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  1. Dart
  2. Alison Thumel
  3. pp. 132-133
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949451
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  1. Ode to My Beautiful Veins
  2. Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad
  3. p. 134
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949452
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  1. Mean/Meant Aubade
  2. Jessica Traynor
  3. p. 135
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949453
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  1. Crossing the Boundary
  2. Gábor T. Szántó, Translated from the Hungarian by Marietta Morry, Walter Burgess
  3. pp. 136-147
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949454
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  1. The Death of Eve
  2. Pádraig Ó Tuama
  3. pp. 148-149
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949455
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  1. Superbloom, A Day After My Daughter’s Diagnosis
  2. Craig Van Rooyen
  3. p. 150
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949456
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  1. Verona Rupes
  2. Phillip West
  3. p. 151
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949457
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  1. Malpensa
  2. Malerie Willens
  3. pp. 152-163
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949458
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  1. Because It’s Yours
  2. Susan Bartolme
  3. pp. 164-179
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949459
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  1. Longing
  2. Andy Chen
  3. pp. 180-184
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949460
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  1. Mother’s Colors
  2. Billy Lezra
  3. pp. 185-198
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  1. John C. Zacharis First Book Award
  2. pp. 199-201
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949462
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  1. Book Recommendations from Our Former Guest Editors
  2. pp. 202-203
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949463
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  1. Editors’ Corner
  2. p. 203
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949464
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  1. Contributors’ Notes
  2. pp. 203-211
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/plo.2024.a949465
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