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Poetry

Dear Brad Pitt,

     DON HOGLE

Plateosaurus

     ROBIN GOW

Chicken Soup for the Dysphoria

     MERCURY-MARVIN SUNDERLAND

Thoughts from the B Train

     GRACE MISKOVSKY

A Talking Doll that No Longer Speaks 

     EILEEN MALONE

Fiction

The Pull 

     KATY DARBY

Nonfiction

The Affidavit of What it Wasn’t

     B. TYLER LEE

"This year is our first issue with a theme; truth. When I made truth the theme of this year’s edition of Spectrum, I had hopes and expectations for the kind of work we would receive. My hopes were exceeded and my expectations exploded. The submissions we received ranged in topic and scale, from childhood crushes to institutional injustices. The truths that we explore in this issue are raw and intense, and they left the editorial staff breathless. They are also deeply important and empowering."

-- Madeleine Almond, Editior-in-Chief, vol. 63, from "Letter from the Editor"

Table of Contents

Poetry

Neighbor Boy

     KATHY O'FALLEN

Forever

Dear Brad Pitt, 

     DON HOGLE 

Say Her Name

Demeter Clarifies

     ALISON STONE

Field Notes 

Hall of Justice Parking Lot

     KATHLEEN MCCLUNG

Milk Jug 

Stillbirthed

     MEGHA MAJUMDAR 

To My Credit Card Defrauders 

     CAROL TYX

The Stillness of Days Before 

Alone in a Darkened Room 

     HOLLY DAY 

Horsefly 

     JUDE VIVEN DEXTER

Plateosaurs 

     ROBIN GOW

The Nerve 

     CAITLIN CURTIS 

Chicken Soup for the Dysphoria

     MERCURY-MARVIN SUNDERLAND 

Sweet like 

     ALAHNNA ALVARADO 

Nightmare, Maybe from Porn

Ego 

     MARK MILAZZO

Thoughts from the B Train 

     GRACE MISKOVSKY

Agnes Behind Closed Doors 

     JAMES B. NICOLA

Depression Era

I Was a Woman When None Existed

     CARL BOON

On Dropped Eggs and Spilled Milk, or Why I’m Never Having Children

     KENDRA NUTTALL 

A Talking Doll that No Longer Speaks

     EILEEN MALONE

Peaches 

Please Don't Hurt Me

When You Transitioned Without Me

     HOLLY PAINTER

Stop Being so Catholic

     LISSA KIERNAN

Sitcom with Dad and Kids

     CHARLES JOSEPH ALBERT

Fiction

Golden Eggs

     SUSAN ROBISON

Pressed

     M.C. SCHMIDT

The Effects of Certain Chemicals on Male Fertility 

     JOEL FISHBANE

The Pull

     KATY DARBY

Nonfiction

The Game You Lose Just by Playing

     BRANDON MARLON

The Affidavit of What it Wasn’t

      B. TYLER LEE

The Fabulous Fat Boy Follies

     PAUL DALMAS 

Dolores

     COLLEEN HALUPA

Art

Contractions

Education for All 

     GUILHERME BERGAMINI

Astral Ancestral Experience

The Pereguine Wind

     NAM DAS

Composite 1

     MARTIN KRAFT & ELENA MAKANSI

Untitled 

     JEFF LANE

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