Naomi Kimbell lives and writes in her hometown, Missoula, MT. In 2008, she earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana. Her work has appeared in journals such as the Iowa Review, Black Warrior Review, The Indiana Review, and Calyx. When Naomi isn't writing, she teaches at the University of Montana and has developed and taught community-based workshops for people with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury, serious and disabling mental illness, and chronic physical illness. She is currently working on a collection, and you can find her online at www.naomikimbell.com.
In the 2000 Chinese film, In the Mood for Love, an ancient story is shared that portends to secrets: if you have a burning secret, you must take it to…
Ahmed’s roots construct a more nuanced Americana, as we follow Ahmed through the industrial American cities where she calls herself citizen (read: “free”), to her always-estranged returns to Dhaka.
In this collection, the elegy as an idea is as much at stake as the lover in memoriam—in fact, it would seem that Teare has managed, through sublimation, to combine…