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Managing Post-Pandemic Anxiety: An Interview with Risa Williams

During these long months of stress, anxiety, and uncertainty- quarantine has been nothing but normal. For the past year, people (including myself) are trying to keep their heads above the water as we survive this new normal. As an Asian American woman living through this pandemic, taking one step outside into the world has never …

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Zainichi, Uncovered: Living in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity

One of the fascinating things that a fictional novel can do is to educate readers about world history that most people aren’t aware of. Especially if it’s a history that has yet to be even exposed in the English language. While there may be a few novels that talk about a very specific historical period …

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Naked Serial Killers in Volkswagens — Review

The vast swell that is the Americas invites exploration.  It was built on exploration and exploitation so it’s damn near incredible that now, in 2015, there are still writers that can take you on uncharted adventures across the land of the free. Catfish McDaris is more than “one of the greatest weirdo writers” plying his trade today.  When you …

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GaKnew Roxwel: Where Hip Hop Meets Psychology

The subject of this review is a renaissance man named GaKnew Roxwel. Born Lanny Wilson and raised in Inglewood, GaKnew is a poet, emcee, painter, educator and social worker that first became known in Southern California for his rapping skills, winning poetry slams and his appearance on Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Poetry Jam. In summer …

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Wendy Chin-Tanner: Poems from Turn

Portland-based poet Wendy Chin-Tanner’s poems, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous journals including The Mays Anthology of Oxford and Cambridge, The Saint Ann’s Review, and The Raintown Review. She is a founding editor at Kin Poetry Journal, poetry editor at The Nervous Breakdown, staff interviewer at Lantern Review, co-founder of A Wave Blue World …

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