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Star 82 Review 12.3 Is Live Online!

Just in time for a September release, the fall issue of Star 82 Review, 12.3 is now available to read freely online, or if you would like to savor a paper print copy, it is available, print-on-demand, at Lulu. Thank you to all the contributors for their wonderful poems, short stories, creative nonfiction and full-color art.

Star 82 Review 12.3 online here.

Star 82 Review 12.3 print issue available for purchase here.



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