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Issue Twenty-Three

December 2008

From the Editor

Some years, around this time, I feel a sense of an ending, and then there are other years, like this one, when December feels more like a beginning—a new morning—like one evoked by Maya Angelou in some long ago time: “Lift up your hearts / Each new hour holds new chances / For a new… Continue reading Issue Twenty-Three

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