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Learning to Hold a Hand I Couldn’t Touch
Jake Weiss is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health with a background in psychology and a commitment to humanistic, community-centered care. Before beginning medical school, he worked as a Patient Care Assistant in a major Twin Cities hospital, including on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Thomas Teichgraeber has a BA degree in English Literature and a Juris Doctor degree.He is a retired lawyer who has practiced law in a law firm, a corporation and in the financial services arena with a major US bank. His brother is an internist with a geriatric practice. His daughter-in-law is a practicing hospice nurse.…
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Covid: Five Years On
William Swick is Physical Therapist Assistant and fledgling writer from rural Pennsylvania and now living in Fort Lauderdale Florida. He was inspired to write during The Pandemic, when he volunteered to work and serve on the Covid floors and ICU of the inner-city hospital where he is employed. He has since graduated with a degree…
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Covid Situation
Dora Hernandez is a passionate writer…to say the least. Raised in Chicago, IL she quickly familiarized herself with life in a bustling and sometimes dangerous city. It was her surroundings and people she met that inspired her love to write poetry with a profound sense of rhythmic verses. As an adult, her time to write…
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THRESHOLD
Ezra Fox lives and writes in San Francisco, CA and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Indiana University. A Tin House and Lambda Literary Fellow, their work appears in TriQuarterly, Fourteen Hills, Zone 3, Interim, and other journals. Additionally, they won the 2025 West Trade Review Poetry Prize, and were poetry prize finalists for…
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Murmuration
Mun Heol Cho is a medical student at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. They are passionate about the confluence between medicine and poetry, believing this interplay aids in dissecting the human condition. Their writing has been featured in such journals as the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and in Orcid.
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Triumph
Jocelyn Ajami is an award winning painter, filmmaker and poet, founder of Gypsy Heart Productions. Jocelyn has been the recipient of major grants from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, International Women's Forum, and the Goethe Institute. She has received several awards for her films, Oasis of Peace, Gypsy Heart and Queen of the Gypsies. As…
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When We Were Bulbs
A Pushcart Prize Nominee, Marie Marchand served as Poet Laureate of Ellensburg, WA, 2022-24. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Crannóg Magazine, Catamaran Literary Reader, California Quarterly, and Tikkun Magazine. She is the author of Gifts to the Attentive and the forthcoming Mostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things. Her poetry has been recognized by…
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To Us All
Beks Roen (they/he) is a queer Shakespeare nerd & sword-wielding chaos goblin from Indiana focused on adventurous connection. He uses his acting, writing and teaching skills to show people they’re not alone. An internationally published poet, Roen’s work can be seen in The NonBinary Review, Querencia Press, Beyond the Veil Press, Anodyne Magazine & more.…
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Threads of Light
Rajendra Prasad Gupta hails from the Bhojpur district of Bihar, India. As a writer, he aims to explore the complexity of human experience. Espousing a profound interest in philosophy and poetry, he strives to create works that encourage introspection and reflection on the human condition. His poetry strives to build connections with readers, fostering reflection…