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May 23, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Lyrical Essay/Memoir||Mea Cohen|”How not to come down”

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April 28, 2023

Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Anu Kumar|”The Sound of Planes”

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April 18, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Essay||Paul Perilli|”THE MAYAN BALL GAME”

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April 18, 2023

Flash Nonfiction|Personal Essay||Alden Cullinane|”The Porcelain God Is Female”

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March 21, 2023

Prose Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||James Roth|”Jacob: a Greendale Garden Boy”

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February 24, 2023

Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir|Americana||Kerstin Schulz|”Collections”

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February 2, 2023

Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|Memoir||Ellen Brown|”Better Times”

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January 15, 2023

Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Lori Rottenberg|”1940 Census”

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January 4, 2023

Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Lori Rottenberg|”What Handsome Harry Carried in His Wallet|for 70 Years”

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January 4, 2023

Flash Discourse: Nonfiction|CNF/Memoir||Lori Rottenberg|”Inheritance”

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  • O:JA&L Featured Artist Masters Series:|Digital Artists|2023 Portfolio Spotlights||Edward Supranowicz|Selected Images (with links) June 1, 2023
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