Thoughts on How to Be Good by R Gatwood, What Sisters Take by Kelly Sandoval, and The Fine Print by Chinelo Onwualu.
Koji A. Dae
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 […]
Curios: Bird by Crystal Ignatowski, Medusa Gets a Haircut by Theodora Goss
Thoughts on: My Country is a Ghost by Eugenia Triantafyllou, Intentionality by Aimee Ogden, Forward Momentum and a Parallel Pass by Anamaria Curtis
