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Phoebe Literature| February 27, 2026| Features
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Easy-Care by Chey Dugan
Crawford by Chris Edmonds
Cryptids of Ohio by Sydney Koeplin
The Memory Cranes by Kelly Murashige
39mg Tar by Erika Niemi
Clay Town by Edward Pretty
Soft Grids, Long Distance by Julia Talen
home by Nafisa Nazir
Santa Carola y su Corolla by Alexandra Clemente Perez
Long Division by Cole Pragides
Island of Flowers and Marble by Denise Magloire
Finding Home – Yoga and Veterans by John Farrell Kelly
The Science of Hoarding by Annabel Li
Commandment by Raena Shirali
Rapture with Foul Mouth by Kale Hensley
Tracing the Wound by Elaina Edwards
at the lesbian bar in the basement of the motel 8 by Maddie Barone
Cherry Bomb by C. E. Janecek
[You will begin your great death into manhood.] by Tyler Michael Jacobs
Little Red by Mary Simmons
Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth by Daniel Brennan
Associations by Giljoon Lee
Confessional Poetry by M.J. Young
Once I was Made of Light and Apple by Lizzy Ke Polishan
Dear Ketchup, by Kate Kadleck
“Girl With a Pearl Hoop” by Amuri Morris
“Taurus Sun” by Ava Bergen
“All I Have to Do is Dream” by GJ Gillepsie
“Crazy Diamond 3” by GJ Gillepsie
“Envisioning” by Pranav Prakash
“Rumination” by Pranav Prakash
“Topography: Where the Dream Left Me” by Robb Kunz
“Come In” by Devon Balwit
Editor-in-Chief – Jacob Sharp
Managing Editor – Lee Krauss
Poetry Editor – Taylor Franson-Thiel
Assistant Poetry Editor – McKinley Johnson
Fiction Editor – Scott Hovdey
Assistant Fiction Editor – Griffin Hamstead
Nonfiction Editor – Austin LaVigne
Assistant Nonfiction Editor – David McMullen
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Incarcerated Writers Project Co-Coordinators – Katey Funderburgh & Maya Gudapati
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Faculty Advisor – Jason Hartsel
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