December Literary Offering
Check out what our authors and staff have been up to!
Happy December, y’all! We’re excited to share another quarterly roundup of the exciting things our authors and staff have accomplished lately.
Author of Coral in the Diaspora Jerrice J Baptiste was featured in an article from The Mountain Eagle. Coral in the Diaspora was also reviewed by Joanne Durham in Verse Virtual.
Author of TOY SOLDIERS MICHAEL CHANG's next full-length poetry collection THINGS A BRIGHT BOY CAN DO, is out in Spring 2025 with Coach House Books. Blurbed by Victoria Chang, Denise Duhamel, Evie Shockley, and others, it will be available in time for AWP LA.
Author of Quererme en La Luz Farrah Fang was featured in an article in OutSmart Magazine. She was also a part of the Tin House Autumn Workshop!
Author of My Sisters Look Like God Desiree McCray will be publishing Black Girl, Brown Soul with Jamii Publishing, a choreopoem that explores identity, resilience, and the nuanced experiences of Black women. Desiree’s poem “They Never Said It’d Be Easy,” a tribute to Nikki Giovanni, is forthcoming in Foglifter. Desiree was also selected as a Roots. Wounds. Words. (RWW) Fellow for the upcoming retreat for storytellers of color.
Hybrid reader Eleanor Ball’s review of i’m probably betraying my body by linda harris dolan was published in the ANMLY blog.
Poetry reader Jack Giaour’s poem “List Poem” was published in Nixes Mate Review.
Graphic designer féi hernandez’s poem “Eohippus” was Split This Rock’s poem of the week.
Poetry editor SG Huerta’s poem “AGAINST DYING” was one of three winners for Garden Party Collective’s mental health poetry contest.
Hybrid reader Annabelle Smith’s poem “Contrary to Popular Belief, or, My Parents Debate Religion Over Coffee” was published in Philadelphia Stories.
Administrative Assistant Yasmine Essence Soria launched a new Latine literary magazine, Cuéntame Literary Magazine. In Issue 1, you can find Yasmine’s interview with Marisa Tirado, Abode Virtual Retreat alum Bri Gonzalez’s poems, féi hernandez’s poems, and SG Huerta’s poem.
Fiction editor Addie Tsai’s poem “In the parking lot of a Chinese restaurant” was published in Harbor Review. Their essay “On The Failure Of The Frankenstein Adaptation” was published in Electric Lit.
As always, we are so grateful to be in community with incredible writers and artists! Until next time!
PS: Stay tuned for updates on our second reading period