Poetry

The One Time I Died and Went To Heaven

Once, I too ripped the shards of crystal from the skies and plummeted down headfirst…

Excerpt of What I love most

What I Love Most?… I love that one tendril of auburn hair You know… The…

Tell Me All The Things You’ve Missed

As I sit in the warm-but-not-hot sun, I count the figs on the fig tree,…

ATLANTA

“They are like my aunts. Their pain is centuries old.”  – Cathy Park Hong, Minor…

Boba Pearl with a Heartbeat

I worry in this new way for the less a “blueberry” and more a “boba-pearled …

“Everything is Temporary” by Winter 2021 Artist-in-Residence Nicole Callihan

The Aster(ix) family welcomes our Winter 2021 Artist-in-Residence, Nicole Callihan. On September 29, 2020, Nicole…

Everything is Temporary

Posted 10/28 If I were face-up in the MRI machine, I’d see the cherry blossoms…

Empire Building Requires History

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Detroit

I woke up in a hot room in Detroit after pushing two fingers into my…

Nation of Poets

I woke up to a light of sky and you were my homeland. When did…