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Rubber Ducky
Angela Buen Alberto Angela Buen Alberto is a graphic designer and illustrator from the Bay Area. She is currently studying graphic design at CCSF to obtain a certificate. She loves creating amusing, whimsical, sometimes melancholy work, and is heavily inspired by her childhood. You can find her work and more about her on her Instagram:…
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Thea Matthews Interview
Thea Matthews in Conversation with Chloe Hull Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Thea is a queer black feminist activist, poet, educator, and author. She is Afro Latin X with Black, Indigenous, Mexican blood who writes on the complexities of humanity, grief, and resiliency. She earned her BA in Sociology at UC Berkeley where…
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Jenny Worley Interview
Interview with Jennifer Worley – Neon Girls By our Nonfiction Editor, David Chang 10/31/2020 Introduction:In the Fall of 2020, Jennifer Worley, English Professor at City College, published her memoir “Neon Girls: A Stripper’s Education in Protest and Power”. In an interview with David Chang, journalism/creative writing student at City College, Jennifer shares what brought her…
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Alan Chazaro in Conversation
Alan Chazaro in converstion with Alison Zheng and Axel Luna Condado Alison: Who are you? Can you give us a brief background of how you became a writer? Why do you write poetry? How do those two things intertwine? Alan: I’ve lived in every part of the Bay Area. I grew up in the South…
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magic spell
You will need–A preying mantis rescued from a lawnmower–Five ants rescued from a kitchen wherethe balabosta was going to crush them.–A wrapped piece of grocery cakeHostessor my new favorite that comes from Mexicowhite cake covered in chocolate with somespots of red jelly Gansito–Your favorite pair of colored socks–Your favorite pair of comfortable worn-out socks–A book…
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sifted bones
Crimson bleedson her clean pink jumper,blooming,like Poppies in October,the Plath poemwhich has nothing to do with poppies,the wounded woman’sheart a watercolor seeping. Fresh ruby dropsjust as we were ready to go home,declaring a reminderthat everything is not normal, everythingis not as it should be, but the portals are openthe veins are still alert,dripping,as the nurse…
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This Morning
I went for taro, custard, and red bean buns. Shrieks above from an argument broke my somnolence; a gull defended the cross it perched on from a circling raven’s assault. The vanquished raven landed and sulked. Do I call it augury, score a win for yang, or remember Jeffers, who wrote, “it is bitter earnestness…
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“my new friend”
“my new friend” don’t follow me like thatwith your sleazy saunterand those toned (bone-d) twigswobbling wedgesdollbaby dresshippie handbagand impossibly long locksthe color of crows (screaming murder!)the color of cats, those black island cats, following me all overstaring me down with eyes the color of citrine don’t look at me like thatholding your ground as i…
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Dialectic
The absence of Desire is sometimes Called peace. See flowers. Smell them. See birds. Hear them. Imagine their absence. Who can deny life’s desire for more life? The absence of desire is sometimes called peace, But perhaps only by those too weary To witness spring. Jason Szdlik‘s poem This Morning…
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Shy
Accessible Word Version_ Shy_Kayla_Wilton Shy by Kayla Wilton I received my English degree with a Spanish minor from CSU Stanislaus in Spring 2019, and I will complete my creative writing certificate at CCSF in Spring 2020. Writing is my passion, but I also dabble in drawing, painting, photography, and performance. My work has appeared…
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