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Welcome to Plane Tree, a biannual literary journal edited by the creative writing students & faculty at Indiana State University.

 

Plane trees are a family of tall, flowering trees. Also known as sycamores, these trees flourish in the Wabash River Valley and are the mascot of Indiana State University. 

  • Welcome Letter
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Issue 1
    • Daniel Newman
      • The Brothers
    • Leslie Salas
      • So Long, Soldier. Send Her Your Son.
    • Sam Slaughter
      • When the Healing Waters of Eureka Springs Stopped Healing
    • Magdalen Zinky
      • 25 ABBOTT STREET
      • CLAIRE MAJORS
      • MATERNICIDE
  • Issue 2
    • Abayomi Animashaun
      • The Person You Once Were
      • West of Neverland
    • Alyse Bensel
      • Anoles
      • Soft Surrender
    • Callista Buchen
      • Legacy
      • Recovery
    • Heather Frankland
      • Down by the White River
    • Elizabeth Kerlikowske
      • City Deer
    • Laurinda Lind
      • Nightspeeches
    • Joseph Somoza
      • Sociable
    • Phillip Sterling
      • Words Frequently Confused: Acclimate, Acculturate
    • Joanna White
      • Quartet Rehearsal in the Church
  • Issue 3
    • Mark Terrill
      • Red Planet Radio
    • Elissa Russell
      • Lava Lamp
    • Megan Prestridge
      • Outrun the Sun
    • Erika J. Cannon
      • Isabel's Losing Season(s)
    • Barrett Hathcock
      • Daddy Dream Home
    • Kenneth Robbins
      • Louisiana Trees
    • Lorette C. Luzajic
      • Love in the Time of Perimenopause
  • Masthead
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  • Theodore Dreiser Visiting Writers Series

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