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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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Sep 2, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    evangelists among them (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="297" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lToL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2eea763b-03bc-4e1c-9a67-574183c7c7bc_303x297.webp"

  2. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Shakespeare’s morals (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k07x!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff4d62cfe-3d86-4475-ad2b-b0b410c34774_4032x3024.

  3. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Jan Kerouac & the right words (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="871" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wp9M!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F50446d52-f6a4-438b-8294-cd6add4be70f_3261x1951.j

  4. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    the many titles given Jack Kerouac (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1468" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AGwo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3092c5a5-101f-487e-84c1-8177d911ec55_1587x1600.

  5. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Marianne Moore’s baseball poems (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="452" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wh8e!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea7df9b4-d171-4a60-b9f6-e2f63419ddca_600x452.jpeg"

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