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Akpa Arinzechukwu
@akpa.bsky.social
· Mar 8
doing a thing with some cool people on the 27th of march. come to the los angeles public library if you are around for the AWP
doing a thing with some cool people on the 27th of march. come to the los angeles public library if you are around for the AWP
March 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
doing a thing with some cool people on the 27th of march. come to the los angeles public library if you are around for the AWP
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"The reason for this is clearly his sentimental attachment to his father’s memory and his dual African heritage, that of Ghana in Africa and Jamaica in the Caribbean archipelago."
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/e...
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/e...
Elegiac Negotiations: Neville Dawes through Kwame Dawes’s Eyes, by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto
Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto analyzes Kwame Dawes’s bicontinental heritage and the love for his father that permeates Dawes’s work.
worldliteraturetoday.org
March 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"The reason for this is clearly his sentimental attachment to his father’s memory and his dual African heritage, that of Ghana in Africa and Jamaica in the Caribbean archipelago."
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/e...
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/e...
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This poem by Langston Hughes.
March 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This poem by Langston Hughes.
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Poem in the new issue of Australian mag Cordite. Big thanks to guest editor Tricia Dearborn.
May 13, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Poem in the new issue of Australian mag Cordite. Big thanks to guest editor Tricia Dearborn.
The fact that I
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else
—Gustavo Pérez Firmat
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else
—Gustavo Pérez Firmat
February 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The fact that I
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else
—Gustavo Pérez Firmat
am writing to you
in English
already falsifies what I
wanted to tell you.
My subject:
how to explain to you that I
don’t belong to English
though I belong nowhere else
—Gustavo Pérez Firmat
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Many thanks to WORLD LITERATURE TODAY for publishing the first chapter of my novel, GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/fiction...
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/fiction...
February 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Many thanks to WORLD LITERATURE TODAY for publishing the first chapter of my novel, GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/fiction...
www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/fiction...
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COVER REVEAALLLL: The cover for my second poetry collection, RESTING BITCH FACE, is HERE!!! Soft Skull and Nicole Caputo did their BIG ONE with this one 😭 And, word on the street, you can preorder it RIGHT NOW.
softskull.com/books/restin...
softskull.com/books/restin...
February 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
COVER REVEAALLLL: The cover for my second poetry collection, RESTING BITCH FACE, is HERE!!! Soft Skull and Nicole Caputo did their BIG ONE with this one 😭 And, word on the street, you can preorder it RIGHT NOW.
softskull.com/books/restin...
softskull.com/books/restin...
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May delete this later, but here goes:
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
December 31, 2024 at 10:16 PM
May delete this later, but here goes:
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
I'm up for sabbatical in 2027. That's when I hope to launch a writer's retreat and residence in Detroit. Focused primarily (not exclusively) on Black children's authors & illustrators.
Do I have the money? Or a building? No, not yet!
But I do have 🙏🏿 & A Plan!
"in our land
bullets are beginning to flower"
— jorge robelo
bullets are beginning to flower"
— jorge robelo
December 25, 2024 at 3:27 PM
"in our land
bullets are beginning to flower"
— jorge robelo
bullets are beginning to flower"
— jorge robelo
“to speak with a public voice
the poet must be
angry with the world
and the way it is
he must speak with rage
tempered by grandeur”
— onwuchekwa Jemie, "toward a poetics"
the poet must be
angry with the world
and the way it is
he must speak with rage
tempered by grandeur”
— onwuchekwa Jemie, "toward a poetics"
December 24, 2024 at 5:51 AM
“to speak with a public voice
the poet must be
angry with the world
and the way it is
he must speak with rage
tempered by grandeur”
— onwuchekwa Jemie, "toward a poetics"
the poet must be
angry with the world
and the way it is
he must speak with rage
tempered by grandeur”
— onwuchekwa Jemie, "toward a poetics"
"give way, you roman writers, give way, greeks. / something greater than the iliad is being born."
— propertius (trans. knox)
— propertius (trans. knox)
December 23, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"give way, you roman writers, give way, greeks. / something greater than the iliad is being born."
— propertius (trans. knox)
— propertius (trans. knox)
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"what's a husband good for?"
— gayle jones
— gayle jones
October 19, 2023 at 5:07 AM
"what's a husband good for?"
— gayle jones
— gayle jones
"Perhaps the thing that makes us powerful
is also the thing that makes us invisible."
new poem alert!!!
www.addastories.org/human-immuno...
is also the thing that makes us invisible."
new poem alert!!!
www.addastories.org/human-immuno...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus - adda
www.addastories.org
December 16, 2024 at 12:23 PM
"Perhaps the thing that makes us powerful
is also the thing that makes us invisible."
new poem alert!!!
www.addastories.org/human-immuno...
is also the thing that makes us invisible."
new poem alert!!!
www.addastories.org/human-immuno...
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poets:
no tab spaces in any line: narrative
some tabs in some lines: broken narrative
some lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical
many lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical experimental
more tabs than lines: broken narrative lyrical experimental Avant Gard
all tabs, no lines:
no tab spaces in any line: narrative
some tabs in some lines: broken narrative
some lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical
many lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical experimental
more tabs than lines: broken narrative lyrical experimental Avant Gard
all tabs, no lines:
December 10, 2024 at 11:53 PM
poets:
no tab spaces in any line: narrative
some tabs in some lines: broken narrative
some lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical
many lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical experimental
more tabs than lines: broken narrative lyrical experimental Avant Gard
all tabs, no lines:
no tab spaces in any line: narrative
some tabs in some lines: broken narrative
some lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical
many lines, lots of tabs: broken narrative lyrical experimental
more tabs than lines: broken narrative lyrical experimental Avant Gard
all tabs, no lines:
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In case you forgot about us:
1. We're an ancient online lit mag (circa 2000).
2. We publish sporadically.
3. We will publish a bunch of stuff this week.
4. Poems, micro, and interviews, with longer stuff mixed in.
1. We're an ancient online lit mag (circa 2000).
2. We publish sporadically.
3. We will publish a bunch of stuff this week.
4. Poems, micro, and interviews, with longer stuff mixed in.
November 23, 2024 at 10:57 PM
In case you forgot about us:
1. We're an ancient online lit mag (circa 2000).
2. We publish sporadically.
3. We will publish a bunch of stuff this week.
4. Poems, micro, and interviews, with longer stuff mixed in.
1. We're an ancient online lit mag (circa 2000).
2. We publish sporadically.
3. We will publish a bunch of stuff this week.
4. Poems, micro, and interviews, with longer stuff mixed in.
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@sundresspub.bsky.social is open for editorial internships until the 28th!
Volunteer + remote six-month internships. Around ~10 hours/week.
Come work with me! I love running our internship program each year. Let me know if you have any questions!
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
Volunteer + remote six-month internships. Around ~10 hours/week.
Come work with me! I love running our internship program each year. Let me know if you have any questions!
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
November 23, 2024 at 5:44 PM
@sundresspub.bsky.social is open for editorial internships until the 28th!
Volunteer + remote six-month internships. Around ~10 hours/week.
Come work with me! I love running our internship program each year. Let me know if you have any questions!
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
Volunteer + remote six-month internships. Around ~10 hours/week.
Come work with me! I love running our internship program each year. Let me know if you have any questions!
www.sundresspublications.com/openings/
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overjoyed to have a poem out on the nation poetry, today.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
March 18, 2024 at 3:56 PM
overjoyed to have a poem out on the nation poetry, today.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
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collecting rejections like dusts
March 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
collecting rejections like dusts
collecting rejections like dusts
March 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
collecting rejections like dusts
overjoyed to have a poem out on the nation poetry, today.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
March 18, 2024 at 3:56 PM
overjoyed to have a poem out on the nation poetry, today.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
all thanks to kaveh akbar & the team for making this a reality.
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To all the poets, writers, artists, scholars who are continuously speaking out about the horrors we are witnessing in real time, who are amplifying the voices of Palestinians, who are calling for a ceasefire, who are saying the word genocide: I see you and I'm sending love and care.❤️
November 2, 2023 at 4:43 PM
To all the poets, writers, artists, scholars who are continuously speaking out about the horrors we are witnessing in real time, who are amplifying the voices of Palestinians, who are calling for a ceasefire, who are saying the word genocide: I see you and I'm sending love and care.❤️
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I’m not sure a novel is ever really finished, but either way Hagstone will be published on April 11th, 2024 by 4th Estate Books.
November 3, 2023 at 9:07 PM
I’m not sure a novel is ever really finished, but either way Hagstone will be published on April 11th, 2024 by 4th Estate Books.
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"You, sweet country of mine,
The world is a beard, fire looming—
Where is your water?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
In Praise by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku (2023 Poetry Magazine) tinyurl.com/bddawhnn
The world is a beard, fire looming—
Where is your water?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
In Praise by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku (2023 Poetry Magazine) tinyurl.com/bddawhnn
In Praise by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku | Poetry Magazine
February, & harmattan reappears—
tinyurl.com
October 31, 2023 at 1:24 PM
"You, sweet country of mine,
The world is a beard, fire looming—
Where is your water?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
In Praise by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku (2023 Poetry Magazine) tinyurl.com/bddawhnn
The world is a beard, fire looming—
Where is your water?"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
In Praise by Henneh Kyereh Kwaku (2023 Poetry Magazine) tinyurl.com/bddawhnn
tell me you are an underground detective without saying you are an underground detective...
November 2, 2023 at 3:04 PM
tell me you are an underground detective without saying you are an underground detective...
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