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Table of Contents

Editors' Page

Stephanie G'Schwind, Sasha Steensen
pp. 1-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964154
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Goodbye all that Time, and: Sleep Study, and: Times I Mistook People for Horses, and: Elegy

Andy Butter
pp. 3-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964155
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MonkeyMonkeyGirl

Lissa Franz
pp. 7-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964156
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The Mountain, and: The River, and: The Path, and: The Mirror, and: The Tide, and: The Deer, and: The Hawk

Maureen Thorson
pp. 28-34
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964157
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Heart Dissolving, Skin Marinating

Judith Cooper
pp. 35-40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964158
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John Coltrane, and: Murmuration, and: Apartment #201

Kareem Tayyar
pp. 41-43
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964159
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The Gargoyle, and: The Glass Piano, and: Unspeakable

Nick Lantz
pp. 44-46
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964160
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Thought Experiments

Meghan Louise Wagner
pp. 47-62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964161
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Bartholomew's Penance, and: 5G Golden Shovel, and: On Symbiosis

Anthony Borruso
pp. 63-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964162
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Dull the Broken Idol, and: Fishing Advice, and: Believe the Soul to Be Moist like Dew

Hoa Nguyen
pp. 68-72
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964163
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Palimpsest

Aaron Kang Smithson
pp. 73-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964164
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Advice, and: The Force of Law, and: Mortal

James Brunton
pp. 81-83
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964165
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Waiting for the Train at Tilden Park, and: Quiescence, and: Blunder Drove Me Out, and: Real as Rain

Masin Persina
pp. 84-87
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964166
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Adjacent, and: Do Birds Get Tired?, and: Shutdown

Julie Danho
pp. 88-92
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964167
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BAE

Janice Deal
pp. 93-106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964168
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Napkins for Mannequins

Lorraine Lupo, Kyle Schlesinger
pp. 107-112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964169
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Two by Two

Yvette Dechavez
pp. 113-132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964170
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During the Worst Summer of My Life, a Blue-Tailed Skink Made My Front Porch Its Home, and: If I Could Give My Mother One of These Hills

Brett Hanley
pp. 133-134
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964171
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Exile

Ben Cooper
p. 135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964172
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Untitled, and: Untitled, and: Untitled, and: Untitled, and: Untitled

William Archila
pp. 136-141
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964173
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The Age of Space Travel, and: (((Hope)))

Bob Hicok
pp. 142-145
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964174
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Good News, and: How to House Sit, and: God's Prayer to Love

Anna Konradi
pp. 146-152
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964175
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Down and Out in Disneyland

AJ Romriell, Maya Bernstein-Schalet
pp. 153-164
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964176
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Adrift in the Ruins, and: Becoming Another Along the Frontage Road, and: What the Mind Does, and: Hearing the Sweep of Oars: A Dream, and: Going Extinct

Martha Ronk
pp. 165-169
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964177
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Contributor Notes

pp. 170-173
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/col.2025.a964178
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