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Travel litmag for readers who prefer Bashō to Lonely Planet. No fees. Pays $35 a piece. 👍 simultaneous subs 👍 previously published work. EIC: @brownalerts

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SAGRES, Portugal—"Squinty-eyed against the morning sun / they survey Neptune’s turbulent expanse / amped to find clean waves and nugs"

Read "The Surfers at Sagres" by Lisa Borkovich

https://t.co/84PCXXJkll

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SCHAUMBURG, Ill.— “’Order three-zero, you’re my hero!’ The quirky words beckon me forward, and I mutter a quick thanks as I snag the brown paper bag from the counter."

Read “The Chicago Dog” by Aubrey Case

https://t.co/DVRPZghyrJ

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SEDONA, Ariz. —"I should have asked // you to take a photograph with me, / should have told you it would make me laugh // to pretend that overexposed film / exposes our true natures on acetate.”

Read “Sedona, AZ” by Anastasia Nikolis

https://t.co/zbSHGXyQm8

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NEWBURY, Vt.—

"I look at all this in wonder.
What can it be that I lack?"

Read "Newbury, Vermont Village Common In a Time of Drought" by Sydney Lea

https://t.co/JpFRzLiSU1

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MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky.—"They told me you were extinct in the visitors center a little plaque with your name outside ..."

Read "To the Carolina Parakeet Who Died of Consumption and Will Soon Be Cloned" by Amy Bobeda

https://t.co/1BZAigcam6

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SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan—"I tenderly graze my hand of calligraphies over the cool lacquered ornamental bricks in a repeated flow as if to spring the fluency of a well gone century.”

Read “The Architect’s Renaissance” by Rushda Rafeek

https://t.co/okWGkMKpFe

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—"I protested against going / due to my intense fear of heights, / I could hear / my heart Taiko drumming in my ears, / and we kept climbing up and up and up— / step after step ..."

Read “86 Levels Up” by Vevna Forrow

https://t.co/ZvpXQ4fiwn

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BENTONG, Malaysia—"After that, well all I can say is that my breath was taken / away, I felt like a time traveling ant in the 16th century / I felt like I never wanted to leave"

Read "Colmar Tropicale Trail" by Vevna Forrow

https://t.co/8HjjVSZOrG

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LEBANON, Kan.—"A one story cinderblock building sits on a low rise just beyond the park. The row of numbered doors is nearly obscured by overgrown shrubbery and prairie grass grows patchy over the parking lot."

Read "The Center" by Evan Harris

https://t.co/VysmgdxvFZ

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GENEVA—"I would like to go on and on and tell you all about all the mysteries of the cosmos before you start getting sleepy. But then there are an infinite number of things I would like to do ..."

Read "Soulmate Particles" by Preetha Devi

https://t.co/j1HttTsSbS

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CLEVELAND, Wis.—"On another too-long country daytrip, the father flapped jaws with the farmer, taking on his accent and mannerisms. Even at four, the girl found this silly."

Read "Shoveling Manure" by Goldie Peacock

https://t.co/kLoKAxA46n

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Especially if you're going to #AWP26

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Scrawl Place presents "Writer In Sites," a new series of travelogues where writers capture their day in a city. If you love #Baltimore, you have to check out this one from Annie Marhefka.

https://t.co/knDdgdtKOT

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SAN FRANCISCO—"Nani and I do the tourist thing: drink / with Beat ghosts at Vesuvio bar, glance / lovingly at one of many book-lover / Meccas, and try to read in the loud ...

Read "With a bag full of books from City Lights" by Christian Hanz Lozada

https://t.co/PFmarGIb0q

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SAN FRANCISCO—"The post-modern painting forced into this context of high-key low-brow art again greets you as you begin your shift ..."

Read "Empty" by Chase Anderson

https://t.co/XMFhZTxBjH

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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—"Red, yellow, blue — houses by the edge of the northern sea / I flip through my notes from ages ago / ships, mast to mast / courtyards with stairs and lanterns ..."

Read "Copenhagen" by Elena Shakhnovsky

https://t.co/zM2OCgapEU