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Volume 55 Issue 2 | Fall 2025

04.4.25

Bodies In and Out of Control Guest Edited by Meenakshi Gigi Durham “This themed issue of The Iowa Review grapples with the dynamic forces of bodies…
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How to pray for rain when you no longer believe in God

26.26.25

There is no need to change your posture. Kneel in the soil and put your hands on the dry ground. Crush a lump of dirt…
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26.26.25

Volume 55, Issue 1 | Spring 2025 In this issue: the livelong sidelong, Nick Hoult, compression socks, a note from Pam, MAMILS (Middle-Aged Men in…
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25.25.25

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16.16.25

Jackson MelnickLaredoThis hill and this nighttwo mesquite treesin the wind—soft wind across three starsnear the ridge, burgeoning within the hillsLaredo—amid the hills, thrush of the…
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11.11.25

ZACH SAVICH | Vol. 25, Issue 4 Snow, which is usefulfor seeing through, fattens as it falls. I take a pictureto send you then another…
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Volume 55, Issue 1 | Spring 2025

08.8.25

In this issue: the livelong sidelong, Nick Hoult, compression socks, a note from Pam, MAMILS (Middle-Aged Men in Lycra), a small cuss, Chichu Bijutsukan, two…
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Volume 54, Issue 3 | Winter 2024–2025

03.3.25

In this issue: a stained glass window, the confluence of the celestial layer, three siblings’ escapade to a wealthy Mexican resort while being trailed by…
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Volume 54, Issue 2 | Fall 2024

03.3.25

In this issue: a Panasonic Take ‘N’ Tape at summer camp, a bat, listening to experimental improv jazz, sketches of a dresser, not telling the…
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Volume 54, Issue 1 | Spring 2024

03.3.25

In this issue: goats: MRIs, honeysuckle, a car named Clem, Teddy bears, an obsession with surfing, the false promises of the Instant Pot, and more.…
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