Issue Two (Spring 2026)

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Guest Editor Dr. Michael Iwama

Evening Solitude (Tim Carmichael)

Dislexsik (Heleen Reid)

Who Am I Now (Sunitha Mary Mookken)

Trellis (Will Staveley)

A Tree Has Fallen (Wayne L Winistorfer)

Not of My Time (Sharon Scholl)

Euthanasia (Karen Lea Armstrong)

He has stopped shaving every day (Gail Goepfert)

Haiku (James Braddy)

The Gal Who Works at The Bakery (Don Narkevic) 

To Be Worn Again (‍Janina Aza Karpinska)

Nameless Thing (Paul Hostovsky) 

Friday, M(arch) 1 (Laine Derr) 

Floating on the Lake’s Surface (Havvah Keller) 



Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Issue Two Guest Editor Michael Iwama, and to Winnow Literary Founding Advisory Board and Founding Editorial Board Members, including Nicholas Pollard, Maryrose Flanigan, Bryden Carlson-Giving, Daniel Rortvedt, Katie Istvanek, and Gretchen Tran for their vision and initial guidance in the formation of this project. We are grateful to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education Staff Innovation Award Fund and the Brittingham Wisconsin Trust for their generous support of this initiative.  The ideas and opinions expressed or implied in Winnow Literary do not represent or intend to represent the views of the University of Wisconsin-Madison or any particular program or institution.

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