Spring 2022
Issue 29
The 29th issue of Coal Hill Review examines a kaleidoscope of loss and the ways in which people face their realities and reckon with them. From fiction that explores the loss of innocence to nonfiction that records the fracturing of communities as old ways of existing clash with new ideas, and poetry that moves across thresholds and states of being, this issue traverses wide scopes of emotion with clarity and poignancy. Our pieces examine flaws and failures with open arms, and while there may not always be solutions to the ways people harm themselves or others, each work brings forth a cathartic expression of creativity in the face of decay.
Fiction
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The Frog
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The Hunt
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Personal Diary: Same Day, Same Month, Different Year
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Oscar’s Gift
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The Right Sound
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Serenity Prayer
Poetry
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Audubon
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Sunday Drives with My Father
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Inheritances
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Blondness
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Migration
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Inertia
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Long Beach Summer
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Anticipation
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Wasabi and the Crow
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Self-Portrait as a Trout
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Postcard from New York
Nonfiction
Reviews
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“Eclectic Variety”: A review of Claire, Wading Into the Danube By Night by Jeffrey Condran
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“A very inside eurythmy dance”: A Review of firegarden/jardín-de-fuego: poems by Gail Langstroth
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“The Whole Blessed Void”: A review of And Then the Gray Heaven by RE Katz
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“A Wellspring of Empathy”: A review of You Do Not Have To Be Good by Madeleine Barnes