the round, spring 2012 : issue vi
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The Round is a literary and visual arts magazine based at Brown University in Providence, RI. Spring 2012, issue VI.TRANSCRIPT
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Sailing at Night under the Bridge by Anonymous..................1
After the Storm by Anonymous.............................................2
Concessions by Michael Goodman.........................................6
God Bless His New School by Lisa Starr.................................18
Am Mammal by Emma Winsor Wood................................24
Widowmaker by Emma Winsor Wood...............................25
Translation of Alessandro De Francesco by Belle Cushing....28
Almost There by John Richmond.......................................59
Navigation by Luke Taylor..................................................66
Gauging the Invasion by John F. Buckley and Martin Ott....71
My Mother’s House by Tess Carroll......................................77
Your Cul-de-Sac at Night by Larry Narron...........................84
July Waxes by Sarah Bence...............................................88
the dahlias on the breakfast table by Sarah Bence...............89
One by Kevin Pires.............................................................94
Two by Kevin Pires.............................................................96
Confusing the Gods by Bill Wolak.......................................100
How Evil Enters the Body by Bill Wolak.............................101
The Unfaithful Wife by Bill Wolak....................................102
Io by Daniel King..............................................................104
The Siege of Träumen by Daniel King.............................106
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Annika Finne.....................................................................58
Cole Hager....................................................................62-65
Maliya Travers-Crumb...................................................68-70
Maya Mason..................................................................74-76
Carol Kim.....................................................................82-83
Lucy Kissel...................................................................86-87
Eleanor Leonne Bennett............................91-93; 97-99;103
Nicolas Hen......................................................................108
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