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The Alchemist’s Bench

In this fiction piece by Josh Woods, a professor in Missouri buys a glossy black wooden bench adorned with ornate letters of the Persian alphabet at a garage sale for a dollar. The catch? The owner says it’s cursed.
Opening a Closed Book

A small box of family treasures given to Gayla Mills by her father sparks a journey through the generations.
Excerpts from ‘Old Greer County’

These two poems are part of Ryan Clark’s series exploring the history of the part of southwest Oklahoma that was once Greer County, Texas.

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The Conjurer

This poem by Susan J. Cronin implores of the reader the same thing painter Hieronymus Bosch, who died in 1516, did of his audience: Look again.
Let Evening Blush to Own a Star

By using form, poetry, and visuals, Joyce Munro’s story moves beyond fact and prompts readers to consider a sculpture and its owner in deeper ways.
Velvet Painting

This cheeky poem by Wichita writer Linda Imbler pays homage to a skeleton as a piece of art.
Has-Beens

Dori Appel reflects on the lives of items, including an old dress, discovered at a rummage sale.
It’s About Time

Terri Elders looks back on her life and reminds us that all we have is this moment right now.
Margin Notes

This poem by Jane Seitel and the accompanying piece by Rebecca Shaw shine a spotlight on margin notes, those seemingly unimportant scribbles along the side of a text.
Matriarch in White

This poem by Sam Morris was a response to an older call for submissions featuring a wintry painting by one of our museum partners.
Señora Valerio Lays an Adobe Floor

This poem by Susan J. Erickson highlights the artistry of laying an earthen floor.
Berlin Letters

This essay by Ronnie Hess revisits her journey, through translated letters, to learn about and try to find peace with her Jewish grandparents’ lives in Nazi Germany.