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dirty laundry by billie pritchett
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Dirty Laundry by Billie Pritchett

My mother bought clothes to make herself feel good. She imagined herself being invited to a dinner party at a house...
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Farm Girl Adventures
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REVIEW: Farm Girl Adventures by Cindy Ladage

This review was written by Rick Shaw and originally appeared on the blog of Antique Iron Media. * With all...
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South of 18 by Douglas German
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South of 18 by Doulgas K. German

The way I met Calhoun, I was sitting in the bar, the only bar we have in town. At the...
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Maybe by Yvonne Osborne
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Maybe by Yvonne Osborne

It was Christmas Eve with the circle of advent candles burning low in a pool of wax when Cee left...
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Rural Literature Book Club
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Rural Lit Book Club: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

The Rural Literature Book Club is meeting online for the sixth time on March 2nd, 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST. Join people...
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D Bedell Sometimes Being Sold Out is Worth the Price
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Sometimes Being Sold Out Is Worth the Price by D Bedell

One Joe Dell, sitting on a basswood stump, looked at the dirty handkerchief, now bloody, that he had wrapped just...
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poems by James Lowell
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The Last Farm Stand and Other Poems by James Lowell

The Last Farm Stand She comes laden across the bay, and I am halfway down the hill to the ferry...
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Milking Cows and Throwing Curves by Randy Hisner
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Milking Cows and Throwing Curves by Randy Hisner

“Milking Cows and Throwing Curves” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton....
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These Stone Walls by Aine Greaney
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These Stone Walls by Áine Greaney

I used to tell myself that it was the August heat that drew me away from that tarmacadam road and into the...
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Bucolia by Danielle Barr
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Bucolia by Danielle Barr

“Bucolia” was shortlisted for the 2024 Best in Rural Writing Contest by judge Dr. Chea Parton. Learn more about the...
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Watching the Combines Daril Bentley
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Watching the Combines and Other Poems by Daril Bentley

Darkroom The past would seem to exist beneath a red light behind a door seldom opened save to revisit photographs...
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I Confess by Kari Gunter-Seymour
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I Confess and Other Poems by Kari Gunter-Seymour

I Confess I’ve resorted to murder, here in my kitchen filled with basil, bee balm and thronging castes of blue-black...
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