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Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eAllyson Stack\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New Essay \u003c\/b\u003eby Rona Jaffe Writers’ Award–winner \u003cb\u003eHasanthika Sirisena\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCover\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eArt\u003c\/b\u003e by Oakland-based artist \u003cb\u003eStephanie Syjuco\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributor Locations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eto issue 38\u003c\/b\u003e come from\u003cb\u003e all over the country and the world\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eU.S. cities\/regions where contributors are concentrated\u003c\/b\u003e include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenver, CO\u003c\/b\u003e (home of \u003ci\u003eCopper Nickel\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eCopper Nickel\u003c\/i\u003e staff; contributor Cindy Juyong Ok)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles, CA\u003c\/b\u003e (contributing editors Victoria Chang, Piotr Florczyk, Amaud Jamaul Johnson,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Chris Santiago)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Bay Area, CA\u003c\/b\u003e (cover artist Stephanie Syjuco; contributing editor Randall Mann)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtlanta, GA \u003c\/b\u003e(contributors Lama Rod Owens and Charles Stephens)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston\/Cambridge, MA\u003c\/b\u003e (contributor Allison Adair; contributing editors Martha Collins and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Reiken)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaltimore, MD\u003c\/b\u003e (contributors Joseph J. Capista and Carol Quinn)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetroit, MI\u003c\/b\u003e (contributors Tommye Blount and Isaac Pickell)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMinneapolis\/St. Paul, MN\u003c\/b\u003e (home of Milkweed Editions; contributing editor V. 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