Richard Moore – Princeton Dreaming
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Jericho Parms – Lost Wax
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Gabriel Houck – A Hurricane on My Television
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Julie Chinitz – Don José in the Desert
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Jim Sanderson – Two Christmases
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Jenny Dunning – Homebody
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Jan Shoemaker – Ellora
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George Michelsen Foy – Five Essays
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Emily Arnason Casey – The Blue Room
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Ty Bannerman – The First
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Rachel Michelle Hanson—Ways of Leaving
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Patrick Mainelli—Get Away
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