C O N T E N T S

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MASTHEAD

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Editor's Note

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RYAN CLARK

Birth of a Town

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ERIC BRAMAN

Obsidian and Pumice

10

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PEICHAO MI

Wise God

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MOHAMMADMAHDI HEIDARI

Nearby Earth Inhabitant

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KATHRYN ELIZABETH CHILDS

Words on Women

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JENNIFER SALZMAN

Navigate

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NELLIE BRIDGE

When Love Sticks to Everything Like a Shredded Tissue in the Laundry

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EMILY BORNHOP

Dedos

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ARI BLATT

To Tend

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KHALILAH KERSEY

Two Rabbits

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CALISSA KIRILENKO

Pink Bikini

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KEISHA THIERRY

Look at Me: Tribute to My Indigenous Heritage

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DAIJA ESSIEN

Heritage Matters

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DAIJA ESSIEN

The Great Divide

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AUDRA BURWELL

Inania (empty place)

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K ANAND GALL

Post-Stroke Casserole

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KATYE LEGGET

Light Sound

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SOPHIA APOSTOL

Aspirational Clothing

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A. R. FRITZ

Hedgehog Library

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TIM SKEEN

When my Wife says I Need to Leave the House More Often

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TIM SKEEN

On Our 30th Wedding Anniversary

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ELIZA SCHIFFRIN

Year’s End

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FREDERICK BERGER JR.

Marsh

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JENNIFER SALZMAN

Perch

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Tethered Literary

Winter 2025

issue 1

EDITORS:

Ari Blatt

Elizabeth Higgins

Tava Hoag

Amelia Salzman

Keisha Thierry

Imke Wernicke Berger

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Amelia Salzman

PRODUCTION & DESIGN:

Imke Wernicke Berger

PUBLISHED by:

Tethered Literary Collective

ON THE COVER: Marsh, 2020, Acrylic on Canvas (detail),

FACING PAGE: Perch, 2021, 35mm photography, silk and organza

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