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By A.M. Larks Creatures, the first novel by Crissy Van Meter, is like free diving in an ocean of relationships, where one holds their...

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[Poetry] Two Poems by Tatiana Retivov

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By Thomas Canfield The shells were fashioned from silver. They were visible to a depth of perhaps twenty meters. Beyond that, it...

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[Poetry] Two Poems by Doug Jacquier

Pure escapism I’ll bet she’s the type that secretly reads door-stop Gothics and would go for a square cleft jaw and strong silence if she...

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[Essay] In Lieu Of A Final Term Paper You've Been Assigned This Open-Book Exam

By Katherine Plumhoff Carefully read the entire test before doing anything. In order to ensure the accuracy of this exam, you should...

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[Poetry] Two Poems by Nina Kossman

See How They Watch You See how they watch you: a neighbors’ dog lying supine at your feet, cats in every alley with a hungry look, a...

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[Photography] Interview with KJ Hannah Greenberg

[KELP JOURNAL] This is your second time on The Wave . Welcome back! Last time we talked in general about your photography and many...

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[Poetry] Two Poems by Stephen C. Middleton

Droughts (dry sources) The dry watercourse. A stream bed that led to a dry source, the way lit by glow-worms. Something about water on...

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[Book Review] Candles for the Defiant: Discovering My Family’s Estonian Past By Kaia Gallagher

By L.J. Provost Like many mysteries in life, Kaia Gallagher’s had been hiding in plain sight. She was 5 years old when she realized...

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[Poetry] Five Poems by Alessio Zanelli

The Sea And then came a primordial sea, by imposing waves and raging foam, a grave incessant howl its battle cry, an annihilatory storm...

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[Fiction] High Tide Chickens

By Gary Baney Sean pounded the three-foot metal stakes into the sand. The triple flute design was meant to stay in place under...

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[Poetry] Two Poems by Dmitry Blizniuk

A Lake A beautiful lake -- an unfinished plate of soup made from the sky and finely cut pickled cucumbers of the reflected trees. And a...

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[Essay] Euphoria

By Sofia Huebner Wave after wave crashed upon the beach, frothing at the mouth, spitting salt and foam, teasing my eager eyes. A sound...

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[Poetry] Nightmare By Jayanti Biswal Behuria Translated from The Odia by Pitambar Naik

Sometimes someone's phone call is Sisyphus of my barren times. This, my thought may not be like that of the “What’s in a name circa” when...

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[Fiction] Except from Eulogy for a Waterman by Patrick Moser

Intro This excerpt is based on my biography of George Freeth which came out with the University of Illinois Press in 2022: Surf and...

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[Photography] Interview with Amy Cale Huebner

[KELP JOURNAL] The one thing I always love to ask photographers is what makes you take a photo? What do you see that makes you press the...

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[Poetry] Two Poems by Terry Trowbridge

Scientific Value of the Subtle Cuttle Obviously, cuttlefish dream since they are made out of colors and are the shape of sound. What we...

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