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Johanna Magin

Johanna Magin holds a PhD in French Literature from Columbia University and is based in Paris. Her poems appear widely (some forthcoming) in North America and the UK, most notably in: Narrative Magazine, Poet Lore, RHINO, The Georgia Review, The Bennington Review, Wildness, Acumen, Poetry Wales, The Interpreter’s House, and Nimrod. Her recent honors include: finalist for the 2025 National Poetry Series (US), finalist for the 2024 Montreal International Poetry Prize, finalist for Narrative Magazine’s 17th Annual Poetry Contest, winner of the 2024 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the 2024 National Poetry Competition (UK).
  • Johanna Magin

    Two Poems

    Equations You make them up,the tiny alliancesbetween having kidsand having trees,between kidsin the trees andtheir handspainted intothe disappearingshape of light.You make theconnection betweena lot of hormonescoursing through you,a lot of chaos at the door.Between the fishgone limp and thechild in…