Koji A. Dae
Today I had the immense pleasure of listening to Eating Bitterness by Hannah Yang in The Dark Magazine on The Dark’s podcast. This was one of those stories that came at the right time to pack an emotional gut-punch. Generally, I struggle with the expectations of motherhood vs. my capacity to give. To be perfectly […]
I feel like, for the first time, I had the tools to begin picking apart a panic attack. This is the poem that resulted from that session, and I am too eager to share it with people to try to find a home in a magazine. So, here you go… me in raw, panic in blue.
Thoughts on: Promises We Made Under a Brick-Dark Sky by Karen Osborne, I’m Feeling Lucky by Leonid Kaganov, and The Child Feast of Harridan Sack by Kaitlyn Zivanovich
You may know I work on the Mythsterhood podcast and occasionally (very occasionally) go on the podcast. Usually I like to stay behind the scenes, running the website, researching and writing episodes. But the lovely ladies I work with have made me a lot more comfortable with audio-Koji. This has resulted in me being on […]
Thoughts on How to Be Good by R Gatwood, What Sisters Take by Kelly Sandoval, and The Fine Print by Chinelo Onwualu.
You may have noticed my blog has been stagnant for the past few months. Honestly, I’ve had some difficult personal things to deal with and the blog was the first thing to go when I didn’t have the energy for it. But don’t fear, I’ve been keeping up with other aspects of my writing. Here’s […]
Let’s start from the “right” and “wrong” of this. According to the good people at Merriam Webster, the correct form of this commonly misused phrase is free rein. It came from horseback riding, holding the reins loosely to allow the animal greater freedom. Now, I super trust Merriam Webster. They’re great at the whole language […]
Thoughts on Spells for Going Forth by Day by V.G. Campen and Keeping House by Sarah Day
Thoughts on: Things That Happen When You Date Your Ex’s Accidentally Restored Backup from Before the Divorce by LISA NOHEALANI MORTON, The Van Etten House by Carrie Laben, and We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It by E.A. Petricone
I’ve held onto this poem for awhile, but I feel like I want to release it while this is all still going on. (I even had to change the title from 2020 to 2021). I can’t say to enjoy, because pandemic poetry isn’t enjoyable. But, it is truthful. When I read the story of this […]