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    Volume 55 Issue 2 | Fall 2025


    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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    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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  • 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 Lycra),  a small cuss, Chichu Bijutsukan, two…

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  • Volume 54, Issue 3 | Winter 2024–2025


    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


    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


    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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  • Volume 53, Issue 3 | Winter 2023/24


    In this issue: the Night Witches, aging backward, cardiologists, Freddie Mercury, family secrets, FreakFest, coyotes, VHS tapes, and more. Table of Contents POETRY Janice N.…

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  • Volume 53, Issue 2 | Fall 2023


    In this issue: a broken oven, bad friends, EMTs, a sulking room, breast cancer, a Polaroid Automatic Land Camera, claw machines, and more. Table of…

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  • Volume 53, Issue 1 | Spring 2023


    In this issue: Walter Benjamin’s snow globes, a new stepmom, Superman comics, sibling rivalry, dreams about the pope, a ship on fire, ballerinas in New York…

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  • Volumes 52, Issue 2/Volume 52, Issue 3 | Winter 2022/23


    In this issue: a home for girls, the bardo, weddings, a mountain lion, pending Amazon orders, zero, hurricanes, Ree Drummond, Juan Felipe Herrera, and more. Table of…

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