The Prairie Light Review
Volume 46, Number 1 (2023) Fall 2023
Prefatory Notes
Editor's Note
Bee Bishop
Artwork
Title Page - Dhaka, Bangladesh - Offloading Books
Keith Yearman
Cover Art - A Bite Darling
Dakoda McCallum
Examination
Elise Matlock
Spring Fashion
Karlynn Rich
Mother-Daughter Bonding
Natalia G. Toreeva
Unusual Attribute
Dariana Rozier
The Hand That Nurtures
Alyssa Ferraro
Folk Paradiso Orsalia
Filio Zoi Milioti
Kamal Talai
Megha Jain
Still Motion
Devona Barnes
Blossoming
Barbara Garrison
Peace of Mind
Alexa Solonenko
Guardian of the Garden
Angel Nance
Kenyan Rose
Angel Nance
What's in a Line
Christine Cianciosi
President Zelensky
Marilyn Peretti
Ocean of Emotion
Huma Anwar
Frakenturkey
Carolyn Faivre
I need Totem
Matt Hanson
Tempting Lagoon Ring
Karlette Murray
Wyoming Night
James Bronco Emmenegger
Divine Delusion
Elise Matlock
Farewell to Anticipation
Matt Hanson
Dhaka Bangladesh - Nail factory
Keith Yearman
And This Is How I Felt
Alexa Solonenko
Contemplative Moment By The Sea
Tania Blanco
Wandering Fantasy One of a Kind Brooch/Necklace
Aleksandra Vali
Water Bonds
Samantha Valdes
See The Blue Bird in The Garden
Tania Blanco
A Beautiful Ghost Story
Darianna Rozier
Lollipop Dream
Samantha Valdes
Selections
The Invitation
Tom Hill
The Haircut
Bee Bishop
Her Daughter Speaks
Wilda Morris
Suburban Wasteland
Dakoda McCallum
Iced Freddos
Hadley Weaver Rivera
To My Biological Father: a Pantoum
Wilda Morris
A Letter I'll Never Send
Bianca Tellez
Fertile Earth
George Karavolos
Natural Man
Abdul Malik Mandani
The Silver Age
Lea Sloan
Dear Kirill
Mardelle Fortier
A Spiteful Love Letter to My Mother
Bee Bishop
Fish Food Critics
Joe Conroy
One Urban Tree to Another
Karian Markos
Roll for Initiative
Bianca Tellez
The Station
Mardelle Fortier
After Sexton, Stafford, Olson
Tom Hill
Unlucky Child
Adam Sana
Sleeping Soundly
Luiza Okarski
After the House Fire
Sarah Kueking
Sticks and Stones
Mia Stachura
Not Identified
Jason Snart
notes on forgiveness
Ayesha Masood Khan
Perspective on Changing
Cuyler Martin
Welcome Home
Sarah Kueking
Back Matter
Editorial Team
- Editor in Chief
- Bee Bishop
- Production Editor
- Alex Albillar
- Marketing Editor
- Cuyler Martin
- Associate Editor
- Noah McBrien
- Assistant Editors
- Danielle Fugate
- Isabella Sarussi-Barys
- Mia Maglicic
- Joseph Conroy
- Faculty Advisor
- Trina Sotirakopulos
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