Brooklyn based poetry journal
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The normalization of violence against our bodies is so culturally ingrained that we feel the sensation of luck when white supremacy grants us mercy. How traumatic of a thought is that?
Read moreThis system itself thrives off of me being thrown off every time some horrible shit happens so that ultimately I die before I even die. Knowing that, I make it my business as an artist to find a way to ground and take care of myself enough to, no matter what, arrive back at the desk and live.
Read moreViolence is full of power, and expression, and it’s temporary. Popular for me, it’s like the same song that everyone is singing together and no one knows the name of it, nor when to stop.
Read moreVulnerability. I want to start there.
Read moreI think it was a revival, not a reading. And maybe that’s the thing – we need revivals every now and then.
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