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Steve Wing/ My Green Job

by Steve Wing MY GREEN JOB   I stumbled into it.  My sister’s friend had been dating this Environmental Engineer who needed somebody part-time, and I needed something part-time, so I said, What the hell? This was late in 1991,…

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Hannah Smart / A Nonstatistical Analysis of the Futility of Statistical Analysis

by Hannah Smart                                                                                                                  4904 A Nonstatistical Analysis of the Futility of Statistical Analysis   It’s 7:04 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, and I’m about to enter Fenway Park for what will be my first ever major league baseball game, sponsored…

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Matthew Friday: Look Out

by Matthew Friday Look Out At a look-out just west of the Mosier Tunnelsa herd of tourists admire the view, commentthat the island down there with the white jettyand a brick house would be a good place to stay.A $500…

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Ashley Wagner: Making Waves

by Ashley Wagner Making Waves Confession: on days when I feelvery small, I’ve found a new lovein eavesdropping. On walks,I often listen inon the river’s conversationwith the rocks, the sandpipersshouting directions into the cloudlessair as they begin their trip to…

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Carol Berg: Scoliosis

by Carol Berg Scoliosis Each day, my back reminds methat pain is an artist. Some mornings, my painis a contortionist performing in carnival, bright fire in its mouth, bendingin ways my body won’t. Some days, a boring lecturer,the dullest words…

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Gunilla Kester: After the Storm

by Gunilla Kester After the StormWe parachute into a new garden,borders erased, minutes changing size. Can a frozen Eden be well-watered?Pond’s ice-blind eye staring at a white sky. Strangers follow the red moon. Growand diminish. Nothing plain in the unknown.…

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