Before heading off to our first AWP as a press, we want to share what our staff has been up to these last few wintry months!
Prose reader Rashi Rohatgi wrote about 10 BIPOC Norwegian novels that English-language readers can access for Electric Lit. She is also hosting a salon for CRIPtic Arts, a UK disability arts hub, today at 12:30pm CST.
Founder & Director Diamond Braxton reviewed When Language Broke Open for ANMLY.
Poetry editor SG Huerta’s flash fiction piece “El Primo” appeared in Barrelhouse’s Latine Monsters issue. They also interviewed hybrid reader Sean Enfield in
about his book holy american burnout!Hybrid editor Mike Zendejas has a translation of Julia de Burgos’ “The Sea and You” in the winter issue of the EcoTheo Review.
Hybrid reader C. M. Green has two Hamlet-inspired pieces out: the flash fiction piece “Antic Disposition” with the Icarus Collective, and the poem “There is no willow grows aslant the brook, now” in fifth wheel press.
Copy editor Tanya Thamkruphat has a visual/hybrid poem in Full House Literary.
Poetry reader Isaac Salazar has a collage poem AND a collage published in Scavengers.
Prose reader Christopher Soriano-Palma’s article “He who Considered Himself a Failure and not a Playwright: On Seeing my Words on Stage” was published in reclamation magazine.
Poetry reader Kimberly Wolf’s piece “At My Grandmother’s Funeral, Mine is the Only Head Not Bowed in Prayer” was nominated by Vast Chasm for Best Small Fictions!
Graphic designer nat raum has a short story in Prose Online.
Of course, a BIG BIG thank you to our staff for making our first reading period possible!
If you’re making your way to Kansas City this week, don’t forget about our offsite event, A VERY QUEER BIPOC READING. Come say hi at Table 3335 and check out our merch.
Until next time!
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