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The Fall 2016 Breakwater Fiction Contest
We're excited to announce the Fall 2016 Breakwater Review Fiction Contest, to be judged by ZZ Packer! Submit stories of up to 5,000...
Oct 15, 20161 min read


Children’s Day at the Museum by Lisa James
Look carefully at this landscape. Do you think this shows a real place or an imaginary setting the artist created? Reality is a dicey...
Sep 8, 20162 min read


As You Are Drying the Red Chili Peppers by Hollie Dugas
when I say I’m sorry we moved to the desert what I mean is it’s too hot to pretend that we know what we’re doing, that the important...
Sep 8, 20161 min read


Water Water by Kelly Spong
Flush my eyes to ocean and I’ll cry sea stars instead of rain, but how will the crops grow? I’m as lonesome as a dandelion bathing...
Sep 8, 20161 min read


My Grandmother, Praying by J.H Yun
Bless this December day, so mild we might finally undress, drink corn-silk tea cold as it should be without shivering. Bless this home...
Sep 8, 20161 min read
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