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Giant Pandas Eat Bamboo

Giant Pandas Eat Bamboo Rina Palumbo __________ You could hear the steady sound of chewing, the tearing, the chomping, the rhythmic circularmunching of the giant panda. You could hear the ripping, the tearing, the breaking of thebamboo: stems one by one, leaves one by one, new shoots in bunches. You…

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Letter from the Guest Editor

Letter from the Guest Editor Jade Turner __________ At five years old, my daughter first heard the phrase, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” and her response was, “But what if we don’t have any sugar?”   Let’s face it: life isn’t always sweet. For some, the sun has…

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The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees Louise Palfreyman __________ Hiroki Oura believes he has been called to the holy mountain by its guardian spirit. He is waiting for a bus at Kawaguchiko station. Tinny music is playing from speakers tacked to the walls. It sets him on edge. This is not the…

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Bent Twigs

Bent Twigs Kathryn Kulpa __________ The news might have come in the daily paper, but who read papers anymore? Maybe there was an announcement on the radio. A bullhorn buzz: THIS HAS BEEN ATEST OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM. HAD THIS BEEN AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY, YOU WOULD ALL BE DEAD…

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Dark Academia

Dark Academia Pooja Joshi __________ In March, I receive a letter from the dean, congratulating me on being the first woman admitted to the university’s coveted Biosonic Fragradation Cephalomechanics PhD program. Anyone would be lucky to start their academic career under the tutelage of Dr. Marsh. Like a diamond in…

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Making Deals

Making Deals Harvey Huddleston __________ July 23, 1944 Brit paper says when the Nazis invaded Russia they murdered every civilian in their path.  But painting all Germans as evil is the same as what Hitler did to the Jews and if we’re no better than that how can we expect…

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Ice Cream

Ice Cream William Cass __________ It didn’t take long in our small town for word to get around about my wife leaving. I was assistant principal at the lone elementary school, and she moved in with another teacher at the local private high school where they both taught. I’d just…

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