Queen of That Universe
The realm of sound yields to me, sits at my feet. I can switch on. Or not.
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Join NOW!The realm of sound yields to me, sits at my feet. I can switch on. Or not.
...moreClothes, plants, and broken aluminum doors on balconies—all was inside out.
...moreKapka Kassabova discusses her latest book, TO THE LAKE.
...moreEach sentence is calculated; each word explodes.
...moreAlicia Elliott discusses her essay collection, A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND.
...moreThis, I learned, is what rawness tasted like. I wanted more.
...moreThe survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
...moreMorgan Jerkins discusses her new book, WANDERING IN STRANGE LANDS.
...moreWe left because they never gave us back our bodies.
...moreHow does a fictional account come to stand in for history?
...moreI needed my beauty to be invisible, either accidental or not at all.
...moreMarianne Chan discusses her debut poetry collection, ALL HEATHENS.
...moreMore than a longing for an origin story, Hernandez Castillo’s memoir is an attempt to bring the invisible to light.
...moreA loss is a loss. Neither the circle nor the form can be completed.
...moreOksana Zabuzhko discusses her story collection, YOUR AD COULD GO HERE.
...moreRamiza Shamoun Koya discusses her debut novel, THE ROYAL ABDULS.
...morePaul Lisicky discusses his new memoir, LATER: MY LIFE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD.
...more“I like to engage with and argue with the research; this makes the work dynamic.”
...moreKristen Millares Young discusses her debut novel, SUBDUCTION.
...moreI want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
...moreMaisy Card discusses her debut novel, THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY.
...moreHadley Freeman discusses her new memoir, HOUSE OF GLASS.
...moreThis is my mother’s soup. This is what I aim for.
...moreE. J. Koh discusses her debut memoir, THE MAGICAL LANGUAGE OF OTHERS.
...moreI see the birds. I feel my body, splitting from its spirit, lying in the grass.
...moreBarbara Berman’s 2019 Poetry Shout-Out!
...moreFor many years, I tried to civilize myself.
...moreMy family rarely throws the word addiction around. If we do, it is whispered.
...moreHow do we transcend generations of trauma and let go of our burdensome past?
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