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February 14 & 21, 2022 Issue

Night Herons

By Amy Gerstler

February 7, 2022
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Published in the print edition of the February 14 & 21, 2022, issue.
Amy Gerstler is the author of, most recently, the poetry collection “Index of Women.”

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