Summer’s upon us, and wild flowers have painted California’s landscapes brilliant. The flowers’ seeds can lie dormant for decades, emerging only when their soil is disturbed. While the works in this issue have been inspired by seemingly countless disturbances confronting us today, may the poppies inspire hope and action.
In the meantime, we’re delighted to present our June 2023 issue and the brilliant writers and artists who define it.
Arthur Altarejos “Batasan ng Lansangan — Street Parliament”
Christie M. Buchovecky “The Crucible”
Angel Dionne “Bipolar”
AJ Donley “Twin Pandemic, Twin Cities”
Andrea Dulanto “The Revolution Is Where We Are”
Amal El-Sayed “Global Outcry”
Maureen Fielding “WWJD”
Ellen Girardeau Kempler “Questions/Answers (for Black U.S. citizens applying to register to vote in Selma, Alabama, in 1963—based on actual exams)”
Emma Goldman-Sherman “(Judges 19) Remembering the Concubine”
Howie Good “Where My Family Is From”
Marjorie Gowdy “When Ruby Falls”
David Icenogle “Out of Pockets to Pick”
Camille Lebel “Two Poems”
Larry Needham “Yet Another Poem About Trees”
Phoenix Ning “Birthday Wishes”
Mandira Pattnaik “A Moon Is a Moon Is a Moon”
Rachel Rodman “Hi”
Angelica Whitehorne “Emma Thompson Full Frontal at 62”
Sarah Waldner “U-turn”
Phyllis Wax “Scheherazade”
Bänoo Zan “The Rise of the Martyr”
Join them and the Writers Resist editors Saturday July 8 for Writers Resist Reads, a virtual literary celebration. Email WritersResist@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
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Photo credit: “Wild California Poppy fields in Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore” by slworking2 via a Creative Commons license.
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