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"Bibliomancy, not selling & angling": A Review of TEETER by Kimberly Alidio

Teeter, Alidio's fourth full-length poetry book, marks the apex of a language poet’s work, where making occurs alongside documenting...

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August 16, 2023

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When You Call Me Names

When my mother was 13, she used to wake up at sunrise every day and carry him on her back to queue for rationed rice.

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Christine H. Chen

August 4, 2023

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The Dreamer in Broad Daylight: A Review of SALMON by Sebastian Castillo

He strives to elevate his world with literature; he often fails. But that’s what makes him such a compelling character–the hero...

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July 26, 2023

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China Patterns

In London, your new apartment has one room, two toasters, and no locks on the doors.

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Rosa Boshier González

July 21, 2023

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Resisting Brutality & Offering Pearls: A Review of Togetherness by Wo Chan

People are complicated, capable of both wisdom and ignorance, care and cruelty.

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Genevieve Hartman

July 5, 2023

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An Appointment with the Goddess: A Review of Lisbeth White’s American Sycamore

American Sycamore is a creation myth. In “Myth, Seminal,” the speaker renders her father the subject of this myth by equating him to Icarus.

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April 12, 2023

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"I try to be forthright": Interview with Michael Chang

Writer Zachary Issenberg sits down with Chang to talk process and literary inspiration.

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Zachary Issenberg

March 20, 2023

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"A Sense of Spiritual Belonging": A Review of Lamya H's Hijab Butch Blues

These are the moments of intertextuality that make Hijab Butch Blues a truly remarkable rupture in the literary fold.

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March 9, 2023

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"I move like a poet in my entire life": An Interview with Safia Elhillo

"I love to pollute my voice. I love my voice to be tainted by the poets."

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March 1, 2023

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"Fizzy Romance, Messy Matrixes, and Death Equations": A Review of Camonghne Felix's Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia is a kaleidoscopic reflection on love, yes. It’s also a reclamation of identity.

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Ananda Naima González

February 21, 2023