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Judith Salcewicz “Dances”
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Alan Toltzis How to Listen Cover your eyes and listen to the wind, not its complaints unsettling leaves but its stillness— an apology murmuring through pin oaks the moment it subsides. Alan Toltzis (alantoltzis.com), the author of The Last Commandment, lives in Bucks County but likes Los Angeles more.
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