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Issue Forty-Seven

April 2015

From the Editor

At the end of a recent visit to my parents’ house, my mom and three-year-old son went outside to release two helium-filled balloons that were losing their pep. It was something I’d done myself many times as a child—both on purpose and by accident. That simple gesture of letting go. As the two balloons rose… Continue reading Issue Forty-Seven

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Smokelong Quarterly Issue Forty-Seven
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