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  • Editor’s Note
  • Poetry
    • Why Am I Sadder During the Summer, by Lex Chilson
    • Our Mother’s Lambs, by Marina Fec
    • how to be a human being, by arizona hurn
    • June 21: Poem for Kearney, by Tyler Michael Jacobs
    • Coming Out, by Violet Mitchell
    • SONNET FOR RACIALLY AMBIGUOUS WOMEN, by Maya Salameh
    • PHONETICS, by Maya Salameh
    • Malleable, by Adam D. Weeks
  • Fiction
    • Dry Spell, by Maryetta Henry
    • Would God Have a Beach House?, by Gabraella Wescott
    • Do I miss myself? by Holley Ziemba
  • Creative Nonfiction
    • First Flight, by Hannah Baumgardt
    • If We Are But A Moment, by True Dabill
  • Author Interviews
    • Interview with Roy Guzman
    • Interview with John Ostrander (Part 1)
    • Interview with John Ostrander (Part 2)
  • Runestone Student Editor Book Reviews
    • ARKANSAS by John Brandon
    • THE VEGETARIAN by Han Kang
    • THE BONE CLOCKS by David Mitchell
    • EVIDENCE OF V by Sheila O’Connor
    • THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS, Esmé Weijun Wang
poetry on runestone v.2

Poetry

Why Am I Always Sadder During the Summer?
by Lex Chilson

Our Mother’s Lambs
by Marina Fec

How to Be A Human Being
by arizona hurn

June 21: Poem for Kearney
by Tyler Michael Jacobs

Coming Out
by Violet Mitchell

SONNET FOR RACIALLY AMBIGUOUS WOMEN
by Maya Salemeh

PHONETICS
by Maya Salemeh

Malleable
by Adam D. Weeks

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