“Brown buffalos get English in workaday schools a meaningful tattoo of unforgiving blood if they’re lucky. Bullets curse barrio poets who eat them like dulces then spit out histories of pain.” ~ Paul Lobo Portugés
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This is a call for bold, honest investigations of the sexual female/trans self that polite society has yet to fully embrace, across all genres.
We particularly encourage submissions from women of color, older women, queer women, women with disabilities, and transgender/two-spirit/gender nonconforming folks. Deadline: Sep. 15
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Radha Says
The final collection by award-winning poet Reetika Vazirani, published by Drunken Boat.
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