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Editorial· — A Brief History of a Fictional Virus Abhyudoy Basu, 13 A poem, and video reading by the author (3:45 min) One New Year’s Eve, many summers ago, A man in...

Music· — When it was a rainy day and I had nothing much to do, I was thinking about my dreams and this is what I created to sing. Listen in the...

Spoken Word· — A very strong reading of “A Far Away Place,” first published in Stone Soup Magazine. This, and other stories read by their authors can serve as a model for a...

Spoken Word· — Poetry is meant to be recited. Recited poetry has its own cadence, one that is a little different from spoken English. These two children recite poems that each, in their...