The Tower 2020

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WE WERE WALKING THE DOG Demitria Sabanty the big Boerboel Mastiff with the baby eyes, his name is Sophocles, which suits him, he’s always been one for theatrics, and you and I were lathered in heat, the sidewalk was hot coal, and we were heading back, ’cause in the summer months the dog can only withstand ten minutes in the sun before his brawny bones begin to itch sweat, so we turned around, but Sophocles saw a tiny peanut of a critter, hobbling along the steaming pavement, and we were watching him, his chunky legs squatting down in anticipation, then bursting up, he thundered, barreled, right for the little, trembling creature, it was a bird, a sparrow, she was hurt and couldn’t move her soft, fragile wings, then Sophocles yelped, and


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Contributors

8min
pages 153-158

Acknowledgments

4min
pages 159-164

Real Colorful Creatures, Samantha Sanvik

2min
pages 148-152

Around Here, Joey Gotchnik

1min
pages 146-147

Situated Between a Hamlet and a Village, Macie Rasmussen

1min
page 142

How My Husband Makes a Jackson Pollock, Catherine Retica

1min
pages 143-145

Rites of Passage, Emma Heckel

5min
pages 134-141

The Letter, Karla Gabriela Abreu

1min
pages 129-130

A Portrait of Shinjuku, Keng Xiong

18min
pages 119-128

The Left Breast, Demitria Sabanty

2min
pages 109-110

Curse Word, Lark Lasky

4min
pages 114-116

Return to Form, Abe Diaz

15min
pages 92-100

Joan’s Mind, Isabella DiCicco

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page 111

We were walking the dog, Demitria Sabanty

1min
pages 86-90

The Day, Emily Rascher

1min
pages 106-107

A Prayer, Evan Tungate

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page 82

The Part in the Movie when the Volume gets very Loud, Megan Lange

6min
pages 66-69

The Spurs on the Legs of Pheasants, Lark Lasky

2min
pages 74-76

Lo-Fi/Hip-Hop Office, Geoffrey Ayers

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Crying in public, Ciara Cagemoe

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sciamachy, Alexis Ma

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pages 56-58

A Ghost Story, Lauren Foley

7min
pages 49-54

A Long Day at the Theater, Megan Lange

6min
pages 60-63

Vandals, Emily Heilman

9min
pages 42-46

Our Body in Segments, Lauren Foley

1min
pages 34-35

Asking for a Friend, Abby Person

3min
pages 30-31

Picking Thistles, Paxton Schmitz

2min
pages 20-22

Hanging, Caitlin McBride

1min
pages 37-38

lost in the duty-free shop at terminal 5, Alexis Ma

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A Boat Against the Shoreline (Oil on Canvas), J.T. Cunningham

8min
pages 24-28

Navy hued nether planet, Ciara Cagemoe

1min
pages 15-16

Kitchen, Scene I, Lauren Foley

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page 13
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