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Today Matthew Zapruder 2019
On St. John’s and Franklin Avenue Mahogany L. Browne 2019
Long Guns Carl Sandburg 1919
Trayvon, Redux Rita Dove 2013
A Few Things Are Explained To Me Ricardo Alberto Maldonado 2019
Derrida/Coleman Taylor Johnson 2019
When I Look at Pictures Farid Matuk 2019
Whose Sleeves: American Tagasode Ed Roberson 2019
Inscription Herman Melville 1864
Donelson Herman Melville 1866
The Stone Fleet Herman Melville 1866
Dupont’s Round Fight Herman Melville 1866
Ball’s Bluff Herman Melville 1866
Lyon Herman Melville 1866
The March into Virginia Herman Melville 1866
Apathy and Enthusiasm Herman Melville 1960
From “Be Recorder” Carmen Giménez 2019
The Conflict of Convictions Herman Melville 1860
Misgivings Herman Melville 1860
The Portent Herman Melville 1859

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