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Who Are You And Whom Do You Love? by Bhanu Kapil
I first read Bhanu Kapil’s The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers in college and I was absolutely enthralled. This was poetry I had never seen before,… Read more.
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A Bevy of NetGalley Reviews!
As usual, I have managed to read faster than I write, and I have fallen behind on my NetGalley reviews. Here is a handful for… Read more.
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Remember What I Came Here to Do to This World Very Little Actually by Alice Notley
I came here so that theI came to be equal in surprise toI came empty-handed before being driedI am a poisonous epochI was at four… Read more.
This is the Mask
This is the mask.
My mask.
It hides my scars: The scared girl I was.
The scared woman I am.
The seeker that never finds what she is looking for and wonders if she is even worthy to know.
This is the mask.
My mask.
It lets me pretend
It lets me believe
It lets me feel strong, look strong, be strong.
Until I take it off.
~Nicole Kapise Perkins
“Words made faerie tales.”
— le thi diem thuy
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