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“Kiese Says, Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called,” a Poem by Omotara James

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By Omotara James
| Literary Hub Verified
Kiese Says, Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called Article continues below I might be The most beautiful Black bitch you’ve ever seen The least original sunrise I might be darker than the dark velvet of the moon Might be the slow creep of comfort edging you back Might be joy’s affirmative call to action Be the huckleberry grown fat, fuck with sweetness Be the ugly moan of pleasure bust open Be As lopsided as...
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2023 Small Press Gift Guide

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By Omotara James, Erin Taylor, Tobias Carroll Verified, Lynn Schmeidler
| BOMB Magazine Verified
BOMB looks back at the books from small and independent presses we featured in 2023 and helps you pair them with the idiosyncratic readers in your life. We’re grateful to all of the independent publishers out there for championing new and exciting voices—and for the conversations that they’ve inspired in BOMB. ACTION BOOKS My Jewel Box by Ursula Andkjær Olsen For the avid Pixar consumer who cries during WALL-E.
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The Nation Poetry Reading Series Presents: Maggie Smith, Charif Shanahan, and Omotara James

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By Charif Shanahan, Omotara James, Maggie Smith
| The Nation Verified
Please join us for a virtual reading featuring poets from the magazine’s pages hosted by Nation Poetry Editor Kaveh Akbar on Thursday, June 29 at 4PM PT/7PM ET. Audience questions will follow individual readings. Related Articles Free of charge (but registration required).
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