Sublime

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Sean Wheeler

@elsewhere

James Crews

SO MUCH SPACE FOR SONG

What made the winter wren say,

this is my home now, as it carried

stick after stick and tufts of grass

to the tractor, shaping a soft place

inside the arm that lifts the bucket?

What gave such a small body

so much space for song, belting out

notes from its perch on top of the seat,

chirping if we get too close to that

hollow

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Anna Miller

@createnewpaths

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Katie Chorao

@katiechorao

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Troiani Whittlesey

@troiani

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Kari

@kariwatterson

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Sam Costello

@stelladeluxe

Women, always the women. Thank goodness for the women.

Alexander Chee • The Best American Essays 2022

We, too, know that winters are coming. For many of us it is the ruling fact: the whole year is surrendered to the cold. The thoughts and itineraries of the summer are the lackeys of the dark.

I fight hard against this demonic capitulation, but it is hard to enjoy an August day qua August day. The stronger the fight, the greater the acknowledgment of