title: Evening Sun: A Widow's Journey
author:  Aline Soules 
description: Aline Soules' work has appeared in journals, e-zines, and anthologies such as Kenyon Review, 100 Words, and The Widows Handbook. Her book, The Size of the World, was co-published with The Shape of the Heart by Plain View Press. Her prose poetry/flash fiction collection, Meditation on Woman, was published by Anaphora Literary Press. Poems from this chapbook have appeared in such publications asandThe Houston Literary Review. She has earned an M. A. in English, an M.S.L.S. in Library Science, and an MFA in Creative Writing. She blogs at http://alinesoules.com
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  ALSO BY RUTH LILLEGRAVEN
  
  
  
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events,
  and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual
  events is purely coincidental.
  
  
  Text copyright © 2018 by Ruth Lillegraven
  
  
  Translation copyright © 2021 by Diane Oatley
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
  recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
  
  
  Excerpt from “It Is the Most Beautiful at Dusk” (“Det är vackrast när det
  skymmer”), by Pär Lagerkvist. English translation by Hélène Lindqvist at
  [www.theartsongproject.com/gunnar-de-frumerie-det-ar-vackrast-nar-det-skymmer-
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