Cultural Weekly’s Jack Grapes Poetry Prize and Poetry Contest: Ends August 31st, 2017 at Midnight Cash prizes of $250 for first place, $150 for second place, and $100 for third place, including publication in Cultural Weekly. In addition, five finalists will be chosen and awarded $50 each, including publication in Cultural Weekly. The Rules You …
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Tuesday night, 8/15, downtown Raleigh, and though South Mcdowell street is a main artery running north and south through the city, the traffic flows, which I’m not accustomed to coming from Manhattan where traffic jitters, honkings and crazy taxis weaving an inch from you is every night fare and a sign of the city’s vitality. …
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As a child, my dreams about flying always began with running. I would run and run and run, and shortly thereafter I would find myself air bound and buoyant, effortlessly navigating the ample space above ground, above the world, beyond gravity. As long as I kept my legs moving in rotation I was afloat and …
My cousins who grew up in the States read the stories I told, in both poetry and prose, of our lives as Cambodian refugees in America. My uncles and aunts, on the other hand, don’t know what to make of my writing. When my first full-length poetry collection, Gruel, came out, I handed each of …
Unspoken Truths People’s cry for help wishing someone would hear Hungry for someone to truly listen Afraid of sounding crazy Silenced by their inner-hate self love is non-existent How do you express something you’ve never felt? Relying on others for constant reassurance That they are important That they matter The voices in their heads much …
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