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Annie Liontas

Philadelphia
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Chet'la Sebree by Annie Liontas

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By Annie Liontas
| BOMB Magazine Verified
"This is the sliver where I am: half in air/half in water—cold slap of blue opening as the invisible spits me out." As we move through a time ripe with elegy, Chet'la Sebree's Blue Opening (Tin House Books, 2025) speaks to the audacity of near-infinite beginnings. Like her previous work, this third collection is visceral and lyrical, teasing out entanglements of Black womanhood, vulnerability, and desire.
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In "Mendell Station," a Postal Worker Sorts Through Mail and Grief

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By Annie Liontas
| Electric Literature Verified
Skip to content interviews J.B. Hwang discusses spirituality, the tenacity of essential workers, and the nobility of the post office J. B. Hwang’s debut novel, Mendell Station, is a gorgeous book about grieving one step at a time. Like many of my favorite works, it invites an intimate conversation between writer and reader. Miriam has recently lost her best friend, Esther, in a tragic accident and consequently lost her faith in God; years ago, she lost her father.
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A Poem by Annie Liontas: ‘From Aunt Uncle to Private First Class, Delta Company’

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By Annie Liontas
| businessandamerica.com
For Giovanni The year my nephew becomes a man, so do I, I guess. He calls from boot camp after days of hand-to-hand combat, voice husky. A few months ago, at 17, playing Xbox, he could only imagine what the inside of a gas chamber looked like. I do not cry. It’s the testosterone: it draws tears down to a reservoir so deep in my body, they turn to sheet ice. Aunt Uncle has a beard now. Aunt Uncle has a jaw that makes it harder to sleep. Aunt Uncle still wears earrings and makeup.
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