The WWS members included in this post published their work in amazing places during May of 2024. I’ve included an excerpt from published pieces (if available), along with a link (if available) to where the pieces can be purchased and/or read in their entirety.
Please join me in celebrating our members who published in May of 2024!
Congratulations to Karen Yin, whose book The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers was published by Little Brown Spark.
Congrats also to Elizabeth Galoozis, whose poem “Shared Territory” appeared in Nimrod.
Kudos to Mona Alvarado Frazier, whose YA novel A Bridge Home was published by Pinata Books.
A shout out to Marya Summers, whose poem “Love Poem for the Abandoned Child” appeared in Pleiades.
Congratulations to Ashton Cynthia Clarke, whose poem “Remember Where I am From” appeared in Remember When.
I am from little me peering down a dark hallway with locked doors . . . but do I truly remember that or was it a dream?
I am from coarse, sandy soil, blue mountains, and skies redolent with stringy mango and hibiscus . . . one generation removed.
I am from great-great grandmother remembered only as “the white lady Bodden” and her daughter whose name is unknown, whose daughter was Maud, whose daughter was my mother.
Congrats also to Lorinda Toledo, whose essay “Car Trouble” appeared in Lit Angels.
Kudos to Michelle Y. Smith, whose poetry appeared in the anthologies Remember When, Flowers of Southern California: Floral Poetry, and Speeches of Southern California: Motivational Poetry, all published by Four Feathers Press.
A shout out to Citlaly Penelope, whose essay “Come Rain or Shine” appeared in Moss Puppy Magazine. In addition, Citlaly’s poems “Valentines Day” and “Ever Since I Met You” appeared in Statement Magazine.