The first issue of Rat’s Ass Review is up; alert readers will notice that I designed the website (I have nothing to do with editorial decisions, despite what you might think from the very first poem referencing rabbits).
The first issue of Rat’s Ass Review is up; alert readers will notice that I designed the website (I have nothing to do with editorial decisions, despite what you might think from the very first poem referencing rabbits).
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