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poem in parts

Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the wind licks my knuckles          again     again a church bell mouths out           another hour        now a memory the park loses its fullness      the last two boys playing catch leave as i pass i stand inside the yellow light      pouring smartly out of a street lamp   it digs my skin      […]

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Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the wind licks my knuckles          again     again a church bell mouths out           another hour        now a memory the park loses its fullness      the last two boys playing catch leave as i pass i stand inside the yellow light      pouring smartly out of a street lamp   it digs my skin     

MY HAIRDRESSER IS DEAD

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 1. My hairdresser is dead. My dermatologist too. I’m too scared to get in touch with my nail tech, and she hasn’t posted on her Instagram page in three months. Since I moved fifteen thousand kilometres away from Zimbabwe, my glam squad has been falling apart spectacularly, and like

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 1. My hairdresser is dead. My dermatologist too. I’m too scared to get in touch with my nail tech, and she hasn’t posted on her Instagram page in three months. Since I moved fifteen thousand kilometres away from Zimbabwe, my glam squad has been falling apart spectacularly, and like

wild persimmons

Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the first time we heard kwashiorkor, it was at an overdue panel hearing, descriptions of a ravenous body turning on itself, —a critical living condition, earnest thanks for another meal consisting of cassava and its steamed leaves. the second time, it was as a dated slur directed towards the

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Published in Spring 2024 Online Folio the first time we heard kwashiorkor, it was at an overdue panel hearing, descriptions of a ravenous body turning on itself, —a critical living condition, earnest thanks for another meal consisting of cassava and its steamed leaves. the second time, it was as a dated slur directed towards the

Meet Our Contributors | African Writing Online Folio

Click here to view the African Writing Online Folio table of contents. Anna Almore is a relative, learner, and doctoral candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education at the University of Michigan. She received her bachelor’s in English with certificates in African American and American studies at Princeton University. Her work has been

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Click here to view the African Writing Online Folio table of contents. Anna Almore is a relative, learner, and doctoral candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education at the University of Michigan. She received her bachelor’s in English with certificates in African American and American studies at Princeton University. Her work has been

mom makes time

Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 a second home from a second homea quarter home with women their children their homes their husbands thereshe is parting relaxed hair sectioningrecipes saving dresses for sunday trades survival tips a grin a thank youa whitening toothpaste a lightening creambrings experience to thankless desks saving for boots for the

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Published in Issue 63.2: Spring 2024 a second home from a second homea quarter home with women their children their homes their husbands thereshe is parting relaxed hair sectioningrecipes saving dresses for sunday trades survival tips a grin a thank youa whitening toothpaste a lightening creambrings experience to thankless desks saving for boots for the

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