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“I think from some uncertain reason
Mercy will be shown this season
To the lovely and misfit
To the brilliant and deformed”

--Tennessee Williams

2017 Pushcart Prize Nominees:

Joan Colby, “Chainsaw,” Misfit #20
Michael McIrvin, “The Constellation of Remorse,” Misfit #20
Mercedes Lawry, “The Kind of Stories That Pulled Us In,” Misfit #21
Benjamin Goluboff, “Mr. Peale’s Illustrious Sons,” Misfit #21
Larry Rogers, “The Prisoner,” Misfit #22
Kelley White, “Love is not a word for what they do,”Misfit #22