Emily Henry, Book Lovers
Ocean Vuong, from “The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica”, Time Is a Mother
Lindsay C. Gibson, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
And how could the air have the nerve to blow your hair around like that
Windswept (1902), John William Waterhouse / 90-Mile Water Wall (2003), The National
Sometimes, I cry so hard I can feel it in my ribs. / I feel like the real me is backed into a corner inside me
— Ama Asantewa Diaka, from "Saturday Evening WhatsApp Message," Woman, Eat Me Whole
I'm waiting for a ninety-mile water wall to take me out of your home view / I'm looking for a trap door trigger to drop me out of your home view
Anis Mojgani, from “Closer”, Songs from Under the River: A Collection of Poetry
Natalie Díaz, from “Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?”, Postcolonial Love Poem
