Alice James Books
(Alice James Award)
in exchange I’ll show you howto nourish yourself. lift your grandmother’s knife.slice through the fattest layer in your gut & eat.
—from “Lean Economy”
How it began: The poems in my original manuscript were initially part of my thesis for the MFA program at North Carolina State University. I came to the program with a strong writing foundation, but my voice and the direction of my writing were unclear. I often wrote what I now call “surreal fluff”: writing that is pretty and well worded but without much resonance or meaning. I started writing with more focus toward the end of my first year, especially when my thesis adviser, Eduardo C. Corral, encouraged me to write about things that were more tangible in my…
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Poets & Writers (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2024