This Is the Honey
Edited by Kwame Alexander, poet, educator, producer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 40 books, Teri's poem included is "On Being Called the N-Word in Atlanta, 2016."
Poems, Essays, Reviews, and Other Miscellany
Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology
Teri's poem included is "A Dolly Parton Kinda Love."
HOW TO KILL YOURSELF INSTEAD OF YOUR CHILDREN, a poetry collection by Quincy Scott Jones, reviewed by teri elam
How to Kill Yourself Instead of Your Children, Quincy Scott Jones’ poetry collection, crawls into the bloodstream, lays in wait, inching up the heat. His is an in-your-face look at race and culture, as much eulogy as history lesson, as much elegy as admonition. Jones, incinerator and extinguisher, understands the assignment he has given, coaxing us into the work needed with ten restrained lines spaced for contemplation:
ssssssssssssssh. sssssssssssssssssh.
if you ssssssssssssssh i’ll tell you
ssssssssssssssh. sssssssssssssssssh.
if you ssssssssssssssh i’ll tell you
The Future of Black — Blair Publisher
Slice Magazine | ISSUE 24: TIME
The theme of our twenty-fourth issue is Time, and I find that it’s hard to talk to you about time without sounding trite. I think it’s because, in some ways, we know everything about time. We know that Einstein was right and that time is relativewe feel it in the endlessness of a school year viewed from September by a fourth grader and in the way a child turns eight in the blink of a parent’s eye. We know that Joyce was right and that time doesn’t forgive us for our sins-we feel his warning tha
‘Alone Together’ compiles stories of hope, heartache and more from the COVID era — with a heavy Seattle presence
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Washington state and the nation hard in March, Seattle author and journalist Jennifer Haupt’s latest book deal was canceled. Like many others, her creativity felt stymied. “I just had no energy around fiction,” Haupt says, “which was for me very unusual.”
Haupt had wanted to put together an anthology before, but not until the pandemic did an idea crystallize. “A lot of people were feeling that they didn’t have anything important to say, they didn’t know how to use
Haupt had wanted to put together an anthology before, but not until the pandemic did an idea crystallize. “A lot of people were feeling that they didn’t have anything important to say, they didn’t know how to use
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