October 8, 2024
Origin Myth as Hand-Me-Down
After the May 1998 riots against Chinese IndonesiansThe year bends into the false spring. My mother throws a shadow over herself, and 1998 shivers into quiet life. The shadow is […]
October 8, 2024
Dissection of My Grandmother’s Eye
The Kenyon Review · “Dissection of my Grandmother’s Eye” by Acadia Reynolds Gloves first, I thicken my skin, plastic snaps sin-smooth on my wrists, shower comebacksbeached on my teeth like […]
October 8, 2024
son as white plant
The Kenyon Review · “son as white plant” by Cloris Shi all the women joked that when grandfather died, he left one bankrupt plant,two sole-less shoes, and three sterile wives. […]
October 8, 2024
Introduction
What are the young poets thinking and writing about? In reading this year’s brilliant submissions for the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize, awarded to the very best writing by poets in […]