The first sound I heard emerging from the pages of Elizabeth Metzger’s prize-winning collection, Bed, was a cry […] Beyond Dread: A Review Essay on Elizabeth Metzger’s Bed by ...November 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Barbara Huddleston by Emma Bolden
A book of poems is a curious thing. Quite different from a novel, it seems to be closer […] Love Poems Not for the Faint of Heart: A Review ...November 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Alexis David / Jennifer Militello by Emma Bolden
It was Thursday, market day in Asmara, Eritrea, the country boarded by the Red Sea. Seated on a […] Spoiled by Banci TewoldeNovember 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Banci Tewolde by Emma Bolden
I. Daylight seeps in the through the mosquito netting that hangs from the ceiling. You ignore the lizard […] America the Beautiful by Gail UpchurchAugust 15, 2021 in Prose tagged Gail Upchurch by Emma Bolden
I’ll cut all the cables secretly in the middle of the nightto let you escape Gulangyuthe island that […] Gulangyu Island by Wang Xiaolong – translated by Mimi ChangAugust 15, 2021 in Translation tagged Mimi Chang / Wang Xiaolong by Emma Bolden
“What is the truth of love? Everything burns.” – Romeo Oriogun. They say my name is Onwugabia. […] May It Dawn by Bryan OkwesiliAugust 15, 2021 in Prose tagged Bryan Okwesili by Emma Bolden
In this extended valley, an ancient fissionbetween mountains, the insects continue their cyclesinside edifices of dry wood and […] The Lost Tuyoq Valley by Delimulati Teleti – translated by ...August 14, 2021 in Translation tagged Delimulati Teleti / Kwame Dawes by Emma Bolden
Precious Musa is a first-generation Nigerian american Black girl trying. She graduated from Smith College with her B.A. […] Elegy for the Still Living by Precious MusaAugust 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Precious Musa by Emma Bolden
Deep in the mountains, the falling stones ringlike bronze bells, their clamor hidingthe reverberations from the heavy hammeringof […] The Bells of Shizhongshan by Delimulati Teleti – translated by ...August 14, 2021 in Translation tagged Delimulati Teleti / Kwame Dawes by Emma Bolden
The wind rattled the corrugated roof of our one-story apartment building in the outskirt of Owerri main city. […] The Train by Chika OnyeneziAugust 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Chika Onyenezi by Emma Bolden
The moon in the deep night lights every sliver of bone. I inhale blue-white air.The world’s trifles and […] Very White Moonlight by Wang Xiaoni – translated by Arthur ...August 14, 2021 in Translation tagged Arthur Sze / Wang Xiaoni by Emma Bolden
Cary Stough is a poet from Southwest Missouri and a children’s librarian in Massachusetts. Recent work has been […] Curve-utterance: For Emerson by Cary StoughAugust 14, 2021 in Prose tagged Cary Stough by Emma Bolden