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Transformations occur in this in-between space, an unstable, unpredictable, precarious..." alt=""/> </div> <p><strong>WELCOME TO NEPANTLA</strong></p> <blockquote><p>Bridges span liminal (threshold) spaces between worlds, spaces I call nepantla, a Nahuatl word meaning tierra entre medio. Transformations occur in this in-between space, an unstable, unpredictable, precarious, always-in-transition space lacking clear boundaries. Nepantla es tierra desconocida, and living in this liminal zone means being in a constant state of displacement–an uncomfortable, even alarming feeling. Most of us dwell in nepantla so much of the time it’s become a sort of “home.” Though this state links us to other ideas, people, and worlds, we feel threatened by these new connections and the change they engender.</p> <p>– Gloria Anzaldua</p></blockquote> <p><span id="more-34486"></span></p> <p><strong>WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong><em>Nepantla: A Journal Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color</em> is an intentional community space. Our mission is to nurture, celebrate, and preserve diversity within the queer poetry community. Through this journal, we are attempting to center the lives and experiences of QPOC in contemporary America. Thus, we view the journal (and our reading series) as part of a whole artistic project and not individual fragments of work. We believe that (here) the high lyric must encounter colloquial narrative. Here, we must provide space to celebrate both our similarities and our differences. We are one community with an array of experiences; we write in different formats, in different tones, of different circumstances. <em>Nepantla </em>is not the sort of journal that can project a singular voice (not if we want to reflect the various realities of our community). <em>Nepantla</em> is a journal of multiplicity, of continual reinvention.</p> <p><strong>ACCOUNTABILITY CULTURE</strong></p> <p><em>Nepantla</em> is not an apolitical literary journal. We stand strongly against racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism, xenophobia, etc. We do NOT believe in the notion of “craft” as an excuse to justify oppressive language. If (for some reason) you, the reader, feel discriminated against by the language used in our poems then please let us know. Keep us accountable. We have done our best to provide a safe space for the QPOC community. We hope you enjoy the fierceness!</p> <p><strong>ISSUE #1</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/nepantla.ajournal.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-30765" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Nepantla.jpg" alt="Nepantla" width="400" height="533" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Nepantla.jpg 400w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Nepantla-225x300.jpg 225w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Nepantla-375x500.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px"/></a></p> <p><em>(click image above to access the full online journal)</em></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>TABLE OF CONTENTS</strong></p> <table style="height: 1200px;" border="0" width="714"> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Joy KMT</span></td> <td><strong><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1.towhomitmayconcern.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to whom it may concern:</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2.theterrorofclean.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Terror of Clean</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Xandria Phillips</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/xandria.pdf">r e a s o n s f o r s m o k i n g</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Crysbel Tejada </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/5.ominouslight.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ominous Light</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Eduardo Martinez </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/6.ineverwantedtospeak.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I NEVER WANTED TO SPEAK</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Darrel Alejandro Holnes </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/7.prometinuncahacerdrag.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prometí Nunca Hacer Drag</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Roberto F. Santiago </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/8.florals.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florals</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Justin Phillip Reed </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/justin.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You Construct Intricate Rituals</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">JP Howard </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/10.divadoll.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diva Doll</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">t’ai freedom ford </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/11.thebeautifulpeople.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the beautiful people</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Danez Smith </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/12.ongrace.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On Grace</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Kevin Simmonds</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14.iexpectedtobesadinneworleans.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I expected to be sad in New Orleans</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Dwayne Martine </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/16.aporia.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aporia</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Paul Tran </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/17.thistimetherewasno.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS TIME, THERE WAS NO</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Joey De Jesus </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/18.eastchesterbay.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eastchester Bay [ending with an offering]</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Pamela Sneed </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/19.survivor2014.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Survivor 2014</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Myriam Gurba </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/21.constellated.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Constellated</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Mariah L. Richardson</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/22.buttercream.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Butter Cream</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Muriel Leung </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/25.crywolf.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cry Wolf</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Naima Woods </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/26.necropsy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Necropsy</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Kazim Ali </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/28.birdhospital.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bird Hospital</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Cam Awkward-Rich </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/29.anothermiddleclass.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Another Middle-Class Black Kid<br/> </a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/29.anothermiddleclass.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tries To Name It</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Yani Robinson </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/31.lousullivansbirthday.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lou Sullivan’s Birthday</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Rajorshi Das </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/32.myfathersboyfriend.pdf">My Father’s Boyfriend</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Rage Hezekiah </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/33.myfatherswimming.pdf">MY FATHER, SWIMMING</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Roberto Montes </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/34.nosubject.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no subject) –</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Chen Chen </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/35.spelltofindfamily.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spell to Find Family</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Lara Weibgen </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/36.ithoughtyoushouldknow.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Derrick Austin </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/37.majorarcana.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Major Arcana: Judgment</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Rosebud Ben-Oni </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/38.shecallsonce.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">She Calls Once That Is A Lie</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Metta Sáma </span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/39.insertterror.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{insert terror}</a></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Amber Atiya </span></td> <td><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/40.ifmyslumlordallowedpets.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">if my slumlord allowed pets</a></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>To download an epub file of the <em>Nepantla Journal</em> <em>Issue #1</em> click <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nepantla.ajournal.epub" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> <p><strong>ISSUE #2</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/issue2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-42800" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nepantla-Issue-2-423x500.jpg" alt="Nepantla Issue 2" width="423" height="500" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nepantla-Issue-2-423x500.jpg 423w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nepantla-Issue-2-254x300.jpg 254w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nepantla-Issue-2-508x600.jpg 508w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nepantla-Issue-2-800x945.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px"/></a></p> <p>(click image above to access full length pdf of <em>Nepantla</em> Issue #2)</p> <p><strong>TABLE OF CONTENTS</strong></p> <table style="height: 1115px;" border="0" width="693"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Natalie Martínez</td> <td><span style="color: #333333;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1.-natalie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EKPHRASTIC REMAINS & ENUMERATIONS</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Julian Talamantez Brolaski</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2.-julian.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the cut</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Ife-Chudeni Oputa </span></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/3.ife_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lessons on the Body: How Not to Itch</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Luis Lopez-Maldonado</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/4.-luis.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TRANSvisible</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joshua Jennifer Espinoza</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/5.-jen.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I Dream of Horses Eating Cops</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Jess X. Chen </span></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/6.-jess.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Last Words of the Honey Bees</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fatimah Asghar</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/7.-fatimah.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Orphan</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Vanessa Borjon </span></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/8.-vanessa.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michoacan</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Hieu Minh Nguyen </span></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/9.-hieu.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Again, What Do I Know About Desire?</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shane Allison</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/10.shane_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BUSCH GARDENS PHOTO</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Franny Choi</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/11.-franny.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thirst</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nahshon Cook</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/12.-nahshon.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Imagine</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aziza Barnes</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/13.aziza_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Clouds Can’t Hold Shit</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marcelo Hernandez Castillo</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/14.marcelo.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drown</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lillian-Yvonne Bertram</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/15.lilian.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">If in its advance the plague begins to fiercen</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joshua Aiken</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/16.-joshua.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See Blk Boy Run</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Francisco Aragón</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/17.-francisco.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Unknown Distances</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color: #333333;">Vickie Vertiz </span></td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/18.vickie.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Agua en Gotas</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>andriniki mattis</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/19.adriniki.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">how to live btwn the lines</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Samiya Bashir</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20.-samiya.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ha ha ha niggers are the worst</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>L.G. Parker</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/21.-lg.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I Didn’t Want To Be Good</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nicole Mitchell</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/22.-nicole.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Birthday Girl</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aurel Haize Odogbo</td> <td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/23.haize_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BIRTH-MONGER</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>In conversation: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/alok.cece_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alok Vaid-Menon & Cece McDonald</a></p> <p>In conversation: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/rickey.carl_.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carl Phillips & Rickey Laurentiis</a></p> <p>To download an epub file of the <em>Nepantla Journal</em> click <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nepantla_issue2.epub" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nepantla.issue3_-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-57199" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cover.final_.png" alt="cover.final" width="497" height="649" data-wp-pid="57199" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cover.final_.png 497w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cover.final_-230x300.png 230w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cover.final_-383x500.png 383w, https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027im_/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cover.final_-459x600.png 459w" sizes="(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px"/></a></p> <p>(Click the image above for a pdf of <em>Nepantla Issue #3</em>)</p> <p> </p> <table style="height: 1100px;" width="518"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="174">Akilah Oliver*</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1.-Akilah-Oliver.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hyena (an absolution chant for the beloved community)</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Erika L Sánchez</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2.-Erika-L.-Sanchez.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Self Portrait</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Meredith Talusan</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/3.-Meredith-Talusan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DataLounge – Gay Celebrity Gossip, Gay Politics, Gay News and Pointless Bitchery since 1995</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Ariana Brown</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4.-Ariana-Brown.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AT THE END OF THE SWORD</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Tommy Pico</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5.-Tommy-Pico.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from <em>Food</em></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Jaye Sablan</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/6.-Jaye-Sablan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scents of my mother</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">June Jordan**</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/7.-June-Jordan.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Poem About Police Violence</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Francisco Márquez</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/8.-Francisco-Marquez.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Puerto Escondido</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Saretta Morgan</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/9.-Saretta-Morgan-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">untitled (#4)</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Nghiem Tran</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/10.-Nghiem-Tran.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Winter, 8pm</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Lillian Kalish</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/11.-Lillian-Kalish.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Last Sunrise Over Mobile</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174"> Isabella X</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/12.-Isabella-X.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Black Woman’s Burden</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">R. Erica Doyle</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13.-R.-Erica-Doyle.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wander</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">jayy dodd</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14.-jayy-dodd.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Future Yesterday</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">tatiana de la tierra***</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/15.-tatiana-de-la-tierra.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ode to Unsavory Lesbians</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Ser Serpas</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/16.-Ser-Serpas.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from <em>last 4 months</em></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Julian Randall</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/17.-Julian-Randall.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I Am Only An Ocean Because I Resemble A Vast Regret</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Joseph Jordan-Johnson</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18.-Joseph-Jordan-Johnson.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OUTSIDE MY APARTMENT DEALING WITH A ROACH HOLE WHEN IT IS TOO HOT TO EVEN BE OUTSIDE TO BEGIN WITH</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Luther Hughes</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/19.-Luther-Hughes.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suicide note #1</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Malcolm Tariq</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/20.-Malcolm-Tariq.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Things I Have Been</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Jayson Smith</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/21.-Jayson-Smith.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watching Paul Mooney Hum Amazing Grace Post-9/11 While Eating Hot Wings From Crown Fried</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">cedar sigo</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/22.-cedar-sigo.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tyler, Texas</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Oswaldo Vargas</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/23.-Oswaldo-Vargas.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paisahood</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Hiwot Adilow</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/24.-Hiwot-Adilow.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mihret</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Juan Jose Rodriguez</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/25.-Juan-Jose-Rodriguez.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AstroPhysicist</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Jasmine Sierra</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/26.-Jasmine-Sierra.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the seventh day</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Jennifer Perrine</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/27.-Jennifer-Perrine.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Have Come to the End of the Oyster Months</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Ocean Vuong</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Ocean-Vuong-Interview-wj-edits-final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Interview with Christopher Soto</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="174">Brenda Shaughnessy</td> <td width="346"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Brenda-Shaughnessy-Interview-wj-edits-final-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Interview with Christopher Soto</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>—</p> <p>* “Hyena (An Absolution Chant for the Beloved Community)” is reprinted by permission from <i>A Toast in the House of Friends</i> (Coffee House Press, 2009). Copyright © 2009 by <span class="il">Akilah </span><span class="il">Oliver</span>.</p> <p>** Copyright 2005 June Jordan Literary Estate trust; reprinted by permission. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908194027/http://www.junejordan.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.junejordan.com</a></p> <p>*** Previously published in the cardboard chapbook<em> tierra 2010: poems, songs & a little blood</em>. 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