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Carolene Kurien
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Poet • Words in/coming up in Poetry London, Bennington Review, North American Review, Passages North, Sixth Finch, etc • Poetry Editor at Okay Donkey • carolenekurien.com
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Very grateful that my Bollywood-inspired poem is up in @passagesnorth.bsky.social ❤️
April 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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It's OKD Poetry Editor @carolenekurien.bsky.social! 🎉
poetrysociety.org.uk The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · Mar 24
(3/5) Congratulations to the National Poetry Competition longlist!

Everyone on the longlist wrote a poem that stood out to the judges, Romalyn Ante, Stephen Sexton and John McAuliffe, out of over 21,000 other works. Well done to all of our longlisted poets!
March 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Very happy to be on this list ❤️
poetrysociety.org.uk The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · Mar 24
(3/5) Congratulations to the National Poetry Competition longlist!

Everyone on the longlist wrote a poem that stood out to the judges, Romalyn Ante, Stephen Sexton and John McAuliffe, out of over 21,000 other works. Well done to all of our longlisted poets!
March 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The show Mo on Netflix is just too good
January 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Those of us who did not fuck around still have to endure the find out phase.

It sure feels like global collective punishment.
January 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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15 pages in and I can already tell this is a life-changing book — Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, 1982
January 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I am just so grateful for strangers who go out of their way to say kind things
January 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Come join the team!!! I can’t wait to work with you 🌸
okaydonkeymag.com Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 20
🔖 The rumors (that we started) are true: We're looking for Poetry Readers to join our team!

As an OKD Poetry Reader, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on 10 poetry submissions every two weeks.

• Check out what we publish: okaydonkeymag.com/poetry/
• Apply here: forms.gle/wHuhQ1oCxShe...
A graphic that reads, Want to join the OKD team? Call for poetry readers! There is art of megaphones, sparkles, and the Okay Donkey donkey surrounding the text. At the bottom it says, No donkeys were harmed during the creation of this announcement, okaydonkeymag.com.
December 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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🙏🏾🥹 so honored to be on this list
okaydonkeymag.com Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 19
Huge news! Fiction Editor Steve Chang (@stevexisxok.bsky.social) was a finalist and Poetry Editor Carolene Kurien (@carolenekurien.bsky.social) received honorable mention for the 2025 Miami Book Fair Emerging Writer Fellowship! 🤩
Emerging Writer Fellowships / 2025 Finalists & Honorable Mentions - Miami Book Fair
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www.miamibookfair.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:52 AM
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The pure and utter love I have for public libraries becomes even more overwhelming when I check out an e-book on Libby
December 16, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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I am so, so excited!! I can’t wait to read everything 🤩
okaydonkeymag.com Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Dec 13
OKD Staff Spotlight, Day 2:

Meet our poetry editors: Carolene Kurien, Eric Lochridge, and Jonah Meyer!
A graphic that says, Meet OKD's Poetry Editors, at the top. On a green background are two photos with descriptions underneath: Carolene Kurien, poetry editor, a brown-skinned woman with dark hair smiling at the camera. Eric Lochridge, associate poetry editor, a white man with a beard smiling down at the camera. At the bottom is the text, and Jonah Meyer, associate poetry editor.
December 13, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Currently obsessed with Hera Lindsay Bird’s self-titled poetry collection
December 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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I absolutely love the work that Geist publishes; if anyone has recs for other incredible non-US lit mags I’d love to know
December 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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A note from OKD’s founders, Eric and Genevieve, on some changes you may have noticed around here lately…
Hi, all. This is a note from your friendly and long-serving Okay Donkey Magazine Founders and Editors, Eric and Genevieve. While Genevieve stepped down from her day-to-day OKD editorial duties about a year or so ago, Eric has recently stepped down from his day-to-day OKD editorial duties just a few months ago in September. After almost 7 years of running OKD Magazine, we’re pretty tired, yet grateful and fulfilled, and ready to move on to new projects and adventures. We want to send our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the many wonderful readers, contributors, and fans who have read and written all the terrific OKD stories and poems over the years, as well as all of those who have worked with dedication as OKD’s Volunteer Readers and Associate Editors on our small, but mighty staff. You might be thinking to yourselves, but wait, OKD has continued to publish a lot of great stories and poems over the past few months, and the artwork and social media presence have only gotten better. Instead of closing our doors, G and I have decided to hand over our once small, but now growing literary child to the set of incredible hands who have worked tirelessly side-by-side with us over the last few years, and we have every faith they’ll continue the amazing work they’ve already been doing. We’re so excited to have Steve Chang, previous OKD Contributor and long-serving Fiction Associate Editor and Co-Editor finally take over the editorial reins as Fiction Editor of OKD Mag. We’re also equally thrilled to welcome aboard the wonderful and talented Carolene Kurien as OKD’s new Poetry Editor. In addition, we want to give a big thanks and shout out to our Volunteer Fiction and Poetry Readers and to those who have served on our terrific team of Associate Editors, both new and old, Téa Franco, Veronica Klash, Eric Lochridge, Heidi Marjamaki, Jonah Meyer, and Elizabeth Upshur. Finally, we want to welcome two of the newest members to our steadfast staff, Christine Salek as our Social Media Manager and Ashley McCurry as our Social Media Associate. They’ve already been up to many great and wonderful things to make OKD look even better. G and I know that this excellent new crew of literary rock stars will continue to carry Okay Donkey Magazine far into a fantastic future. All Best, Eric and Genevieve
December 9, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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God invented small craft fairs to help us get through hard times
November 16, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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This Dorothea Grossman poem really gets me every time 😭
November 16, 2024 at 3:34 AM