The Printout
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* “The Printout” originally appeared in Literary Orphans 22: Jane Addams (2015)
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The Printout (Round 3) by M. A. Istvan Jr.
Let’s workshop this poem about adolescent secrecy and shame surrounding sexual exploration at the threshold of multiple taboos, culminating in the shock of exposure by the adult world
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The Printout (Round 2) by M. A. Istvan Jr.
Let’s workshop this poem about a young boy who, in his frenzy to cover traces of his sexual exploration before his mom gets home, overlooks a porn printout of a black girl on the living-room carpet
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* “The Printout” originally appeared in Literary Orphans 22: Jane Addams (2015)