Issue One (Spring 2025)

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Guest Editor’s Note (Winnie Dunn)



I.

I Stayed Up All Night (Susan L. Lin)

Grace (E J Delaney)

Heirlooms (Talicha J.)

On cleaning - a self (Hades M. Dourma)


II.

Maybe It's Okay (Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi)

Left Behind (Cisela Thoren)

Hold on (Brittney Stevenson)

Ghost in the Mirror (Joan Augustyn)

Tear-stained chart notes (Holly Reid)

III.


Reframing (Christiana Doucette)

Passerby (Dom Blanco)

The Quiet Child (Angela)

When my husband compares me to a camel, I roll my eyes and give a grunt
(Mia Herman)

Short Order Cook (L. D’Arcy Blackwell)

IV.

To the Man at Work Who Called Me the Wrong Name for Years (Kevin Grauke)

Ars Poetica for Words New and Used (Miriam O’Neal)





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Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Issue One Guest Editor Winnie Dunn, and to Winnow Literary Advisory Board and Editorial Board Members, including Nicholas Pollard, Maryrose Flanigan, Bryden Carlson-Giving, Katie Istvanek, and Gretchen Tran for their vision and guidance in the formation of this inaugural issue. With sincere gratitude to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education Staff Innovation Grant for their generous support of this initiative. 

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