The Chumpion Of Lost Causes

July 2011 | back-issues, poetry | 0 comments

Sharmila is so naïve She can’t pick between prudence and courage She flogs dead horses She allows herself to be found traipsing through the tulips She’s a slow unlearner She loves her unteacher She wants 364 unbirthdays What she resists persists She depotentiates herself, silly goose, Until her soul screams,”STOP” -Sonali Gurpur …

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Issue 103, July 2022

Burrdowning Press

56 pages, perfect bound

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Featuring: Issue 103, published July 2022, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and photography by Laurel Benjamin, Ellen Birrell, Ronda Broatch, Mary Buchinger, Roger Camp, John Cullen, Emily Davis, Lisa Delan, Lauren Endicott, James William Gardner, David Goodrum, Peter Grieco, Greg Hom, Jenny Hubbard, Rachel Laverdiere, Larena Nellies-Ortiz, Dante Novario, Dian Parker, Yasmin Phillip, Michelle Reed, Amanda L. Rioux, Jim Ross, Aaron Sandberg, Yvette Schnoeker-Shorb, Beth Spencer, Jeffrey Thompson, Patricia Walsh, Racine Watson, Richard Weaver, and Hannah Zhang.