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The Grief And What It Loves To Burn

by Philip Chijioke Abonyi

Rarely is an artist able to capture the devastating beauty of inevitable loss and the passage of time quite like Philip Chijioke Abonyi’s poem “The Grief And What It Loves To Burn.” With every line I delved deeper into the ambiance of family, growing old and growing up. Abonyi wraps the reader in a yearning for memories past colliding with present reality, "A moment like this I wish I can turn my wish into things that breathe, Like every moment doesn’t escape through the backyard of time". If you are grieving, I implore you to read this poem…a few times a week.

Oli Villescas, POETRY EDITOR

FICTION

Bananas Don’t Grow Here

by Pamela Bennett

‍ ‍Pamela Bennett weaves together a gorgeous look at familial traditions as well as a haunting portrayal of loss and mourning. Bennett details characters with sharp and vivid precision, creating a cast that feels grounded and real. An evocative voice flows through the narrative, holding family strife, familial love, family quirks, and familial trauma with an equal level of care.

“Bananas Don’t Grow Here” paints a portrait of an indomitable matriarch, through the eyes of a grandchild, as their family navigates the unthinkable. The recurring banana trees create a melody. With a macabre tone, the climax plays out cinematically, with suspense that leaves the reader with a sharp sting. This is as beautiful as it is sad.

TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter, FICTION EDITOR

Visual art

by René Zadoorian 

A farm, green as a meadow, scattered with cows. Despite being taken from a car, nothing is in a hurry. It is almost unreal about how simple it is — the soft grass, the open sky, the fuzzy huddle of animals in the center of the photo. This photo takes me back to my Grapevine Days when I would stare out the window as my parents and I traveled between San Francisco and Los Angeles. A small, beautiful reminder that sometimes there’s nowhere else we need to be except here.

London Pinkney, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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