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"She Said" by Megan Williams
"Division of Labor" by Sherrel McLafferty
"All Good Things Die on Tuesday"
by Sana Mufti
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Fiction
Poetry
Volume 14 Fall 2023 Edition
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The Fall 2023 Collection of Online Exclusives is now available, featuring poetry by Denise Duhmael, Grant Chemidlin, Liz Femi, Sherrel McLafferty and Jason B. Crawford among others; fiction by Sana Mufti; CNF by Megan Williams and Madeline Peterson.
Cover image, “Within/Without,” by Nika Novich
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West Trade Review Visual Poetics: Latest Video Poem
"Chronology of the Closet" by Mickie Kennedy
We're excited to present the premiere of the next video poem in our Visual Poetics Series. "Chronology of the Closet" is written and ready by Mickie Kennedy. Video edited by Sarah Edmonds. West Trade Review Visual Poetics developed by Ken Harmon.
Kennedy's poem appears in the Summer 2023 collection of Online Exclusives
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BOOK REVIEW
"A Curated Artistry of Sonnets Elevates the Form in Mid/South Sonnets" by Mikal Wix
"Everything from the weather to racial and ethnic compositions is tackled. And the form of these poems mirrors the diversity of themes because the sonnet is infinitely malleable."
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