AUGUST 2025 ISSUE

This month, we offer two striking pieces that explore miscommunication, perception, and the quiet weight of what’s unsaid.

In Of the Other Persuasion, a dinner invitation becomes a finely tuned comedy of errors as personal ambition, legacy, and awkward assumptions clash. Paired with this is Longer Than a Grief, a meditative poem that uses shadows, seasons, and fleeting light to consider the enduring echoes of loss—and the rare grace of connection.

Together, these works remind us that both humor and heartbreak thrive in the spaces between what is said and what is truly meant.

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Check out this months selections below:

OF THE OTHER PERSUASION BY DAVID LARSEN

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AUGUST 2025 ISSUE

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