Gary McDowell
Aliens Wrapped in Ravioli

Gary McDowell - Aliens Wrapped in Ravioli

Poetry
Gary McDowell is the author/editor of eight books, most recently Aflame (White Pine Press, 2020) and Caesura: Essays (Otis Books, 2017). His poems and essays have appeared recently or are forthcoming… Read more »
Mandy Moe Pwint Tu
Fable for a Father

Mandy Moe Pwint Tu - Fable for a Father

Poetry
Mandy Moe Pwint Tu is a pile of ginkgo leaves in a trench coat from Yangon, Myanmar, and the author of two poetry chapbooks, Monsoon Daughter (Thirty West Publishing House, 2022) and Unsprung… Read more »
Stephen Kampa
Impromptu for Future AI Overlords

Stephen Kampa - Impromptu for Future AI Overlords

Poetry
Stephen Kampa is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently World Too Loud to Hear. He teaches at Flagler College. His work appears in Best American Poetry 2024. Read more »
Julia Levine
My Grandson’s First Week Back in the World

Julia Levine - My Grandson’s First Week Back in the World

Poetry
Julia B. Levine’s poetry has won many awards, including a 2021 Nautilus Award for her fifth poetry collection, Ordinary Psalms (LSU press, 2021), as well as the 2015 Northern California Book Award… Read more »
Forester McClatchey
Ophelia

Forester McClatchey - Ophelia

Poetry
Forester McClatchey is a poet and critic from Atlanta, Georgia. His work appears in 32 Poems, The Hopkins Review, and Five Points, and it has been nominated for Best New Poets. He teaches at Atlanta… Read more »
Lindsay M. D’Andrea
Premonition

Lindsay M. D’Andrea - Premonition

Poetry
Lindsay M. D’Andrea holds an MFA in creative writing from Iowa State University. Her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction has appeared in many print and digital publications including The Greensboro… Read more »
Mary Simmons
Trespass

Mary Simmons - Trespass

Poetry
Mary Simmons is a queer writer from Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her poetry MFA from Bowling Green State University, where she also served as the managing editor for Mid-American Review. She has work… Read more »
Susan Comninos
Wild Joy of Receiving

Susan Comninos - Wild Joy of Receiving

Poetry
Susan Comninos is a widely published poet and author of a recent book of poems, Out of Nowhere (Stephen F. Austin Univ. Press/Texas A&M, 2022). Her creative work has appeared in the Harvard Review… Read more »

Fable for a Father

Mandy Moe Pwint Tu

One day I grew scales. My father grew feathers. In our living room, we became what the other hated. He said, You’re my daughter so I can eat you. I said, I will dive so deep into the ocean you will never find me. Impasse, but not really. He bared his wings. I ran to the water. He was hungry. I was sorry. When he died, I found a feather tucked under my scales. I named it grief. I wrote with it.
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