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What if Chaucer’s <em>Canterbury Tales</em> came out today?

What if Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales came out today?

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prizes.

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Vivian Gornick will receive the 2023 Hadada Award from The Paris Review.

By Corinne Segal | October 11, 2022

The Last Poems of Les Murray

The Last Poems of Les Murray

From the Famed Australian Poet’s Collection, Continuous Creation

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