Homage to Literary Ancestor: Toni Morrison
Aug09

Homage to Literary Ancestor: Toni Morrison

Posted on Aug 9, 2019

…jumped off the catalogue at me as though I were looking through a magnifying glass: African American Literature. I enrolled – curious, breathless. Morrison’s Song of Solomon blew my brain…

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“The Dream” by ire’ne Lara Silva
Jun22

“The Dream” by ire’ne Lara Silva

Posted on Jun 22, 2013

…What comes to my mind is that the myth is a warning…and an invitation. Television personalities have told us to ‘follow our bliss and the wealth will come.’ I’ve known…

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Carolyne Whelan
Aug01

Carolyne Whelan

Posted on Aug 1, 2011

…in August, 2011. Her work has appeared or is forth-coming in Eclectica, Poetry Now, and Chapter & Verse, among others, as well as in a collaborative chapbook, Are You Free?…

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Jenny Douglas
Aug01

Jenny Douglas

Posted on Aug 1, 2013

…directed by Academy Award-winner Vanessa Roth. For the 2013 PEN World Voices Festival, she raised the funds to create and install ten uniquely-designed “little free libraries” across lower Manhattan. Jenny…

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“Heart of a Locust,” by Nahal Suzanne Jamir
Jul01

“Heart of a Locust,” by Nahal Suzanne Jamir

Posted on Jul 1, 2011

…squiggles, using his body weight against me. He’s too young to know how to use his body. Years from now, he will come home drunk, and I’ll remember this seemingly…

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