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She cannot hide
her line of footprints in the snow.
The trail leads from her window—

For personal reasons, W. Ralph Eubanks has decided to leave the team of the Virginia Quarterly Review. Ralph brought his unique talents, commitment, and dedication to the magazine, and has made substantial contributions as Editor of VQR...

my son breathes to leave me
to leave the lean-to
of family: extended and penal 

The untold story of Jackson C. Frank, one of folk music’s best-kept secrets.

She kept putting off sending him the book,
then one afternoon she recognized 
the author walking up Fifth Avenue