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The train tracks leading to my grandma’s house always reminded me of a spine.

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The Ballad of Betty Rizzo

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‘Mija, Solamente Me Importa Clint’

by Christina Franco

At Barton Springs, Trans Existence Becomes Resistance

by Kit O'Connell

A Splendid Queen

by Robert Leleux

Four Winter Haiku

by Steve Wilson

The Novel is Dead, Long Live the Novel

by Steven G. Kellman

Unearthing Aurora

by Ruth Pennebaker

Ever A Bridegroom

Reflections on the Failure of Texas Literature

by Larry McMurtry

The Bubu King Comes to SXSW

Superstar Janka Nabay fled war in Sierra Leone. Now he's starting over.

by Michael May

Literary Warrior

by Clay Smith

You Are Right Here

by Philipp Meyer

A New Chapter

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