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May 2025 issue cover by Ned Pratt.
This week with bookworm

David Venn reviews Michael DeForge’s Holy Lacrimony. Susan Huebert on Sarah Selecky’s Story Is a State of Mind. A Q&A with our cover photographer Ned Pratt. Poetry by Laura Matwichuk. Our nomination for the tenth Digital Publishing Awards.

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