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Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Alizabeth Worley

Alizabeth Worley lives with her husband and two sons in Utah near Brigham Young University, where she received an MFA in nonfiction. She was a 2016 poetry winner of the AWP Intro Journals Project for her poem, “Kid,” which was later published in Iron Horse Literary Review. Her essays, poetry, and illustrated works have been published in Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts, Tar River Poetry, Hobart, and elsewhere. You can find more of her work at alizabethworley.com.
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Dirt Essay

Love and Dirt

By Alizabeth Worley December 6, 2021
I like the dirt stains on my knees, the sour scent of sweat on my fingers, the filaments of grass all over my arms and clothes.
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