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    All Posts For - Jake Heelein

    Pushcart Nominee, “Nina Taught Me” by Sydney Epps

    November 13, 2020 News Jake Heelein No comments yet

    The following poem by Sydney Epps has received a nomination for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.     Is it a sin in this skin? No; it is a blessing See, the best teacher I had was this wrap Gifting a knowledge more potent than college A test that got y’all...

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    Pushcart Nominee, “A Crack in the Ground that Went to the Other Side of the Earth” by Vikram Ramakrishnan

    November 12, 2020 News Jake Heelein No comments yet

    The following short by Vikram Ramakrishnan has received a nomination for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.   One time Appa said the planet broke in half, and I looked down at the jagged line in the dirt he was pointing at and agreed, yeah, that’s a crack, but you think that...

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    Review of Lauren Camp’s “Took House”

    September 17, 2020 News Jake Heelein No comments yet

    Read this review of Lauren Camp’s “Took House” by Jennifer Levin. Originally published by Santa Fe New Mexican. Took House by Lauren Camp   A few lines of poetry came to Lauren Camp as she stood outside at dusk. She doesn’t see well at that time of day, when the...

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