Summer Wood Awarded 4th Gift of Freedom
Summer Wood, 4th Gift of Freedom Recipient But for a writer to be that brave, she needs to know—to believe firmly, and to be reminded often—that there are people out there for whom the truth matters, people who need her stories.—Summer Wood, from her Gift of Freedom application Summer Wood is a fiction writer fromTaos, New Mexico. She is the recipient of the 4th Gift of Freedom Award.
The Man with my Face by Jennifer Tseng
The Man with my Face, by 1st Gift of Freedom Winner, Jennifer Tseng “This debut collection of poetry by Jennifer Tseng traces the immigrant’s journey, one filled with distant families, sea crossings, sweet fruits, and buried violins. Whether remembering a father’s ‘unseen clock, his well-wound mystery’ or poetically re-imagining the ‘autobiography of an immigrant,’ the speaker in these poems...
Meredith Hall Awarded 3rd Gift of Freedom
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Does the sea remember everything? I wonder.
Does she absorb everything? Does she keep it safe?
Virginia Woolf
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The Q: Can you fathom the spectacle that would be created if we moved together, arms outstretched, close enough to touch?
The Q: What echoes through you that longs to take form—a poem, an image, a mark, a whisper of becoming?
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