JAMAL ANTHONIE MICHEL
Jamal Anthonie Michel is an English Literature teacher in Durham. His work has appeared in Lunch Ticket, Apogee Journal, and Linden Avenue Literary Journal, to name a few. His future plans include pursuing an MFA in creative writing for film and television.
Title: Nino’s
First Line(s):
“Just picking up,” I say to the
woman at the counter, smiling.
She’s got flour on her cheeks
and mozzarella under her nails.
Genre: Poetry
Publication Date: February 12, 2018
Journal: The Missouri Review
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Title: Horticulturist
First Line(s):
She leapt into his lap,
tiny knees cutting into
his ribs, into his heart
where he knew she always was
And she said, “Daddy, my hair, daddy”
Genre: Poetry
Publication Date: June 2017
Journal: Apogee Journal
ALEX ANDY PHUONG
Alex Andy Phuong earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University—Los Angeles in 2015. He was a former Statement Magazine editor who currently writes about literature, film, and culture. He has written film reviews for MovieBoozer, and is a regular contributor to Mindfray. His writing has appeared in The Bookends Review and The Society of Classical Poets.
Title: Resisting Arrest
First Line(s):
Uniting uniformed unity
You and I defy the sky
Team work and collaboration
Up to personal discretion
Genre: Poetry
Publication Date: February 27, 2018
Journal: Moonstone Arts Center – Philadelphia Says: Haiku
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Title: 13
First Line(s):
Thirteen is a teen
Genre: Poetry
Publication Date: October 25, 2019
Journal: Spillwords
PAVLE RADONIC
Australian by birth and Montenegrin origin, Pavle Radonic has lived in Southeast Asia for seven years. His previous work has appeared in a range of literary journals and magazines, most recently Entropy, Map Literary, Ambit, Big Bridge, Linnet’s Wings, Anti-Languorous Project, Citron Review and Orca Journal.
Title: Bread and Circus
First Line(s):
Briefly on Orchard picking up Paul olive & pomidoro, two small croissants with the dahl from Wadi fixing two vegetarian suppers. Up/down the escalators at Takashimaya, omitting Kinokuniya’s coloured piles, piped music and antiseptic.
Genre: Prose
Publication Date: August 7, 2019
Journal: San Antonio Review
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Title: Game On
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Genre: Fiction
Publication Date: March 25, 2019
Journal: The Paragon Journal
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