
Poetry·Vol. XIV · Issue 4 · September 2026
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Central artwork: Will R. Barnes, costume design from “The Gay Rag Dolls” series for “Happy Days,” 1919–1920. R. H. Burnside Collection, New York Public Library; via Artvee.
George W. Shuster, Jr.. George W. Shuster, Jr. is a life-long Rhode Islander and has been writing poems for over 30 years. He is a lineal descendant of Anne Bradstreet, the first colonial woman poet in America. He studied poetry at Columbia University and the University of Virginia. He is a publisher and editor of Prudence Dispatch, a poetry journal published from Chippaquasett - Prudence Island in the middle of Narragansett Bay. His work has recently appeared in The Champagne Room Journal, The Rumen, Instant Noodle, Bristol Noir, and The Alchemy Spoon.
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