The latest ‘20.35: African An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry’ is finally here!
“Other poets withdraw from this heated space into meditation, whether religious or existential. In this regard, Megan Ross does not merely deify motherhood in her poem, she engages a re-presentation of what is central in divinity—creation, providence, and nurture—and injects it into motherhood. In one of her poems, God’s essence, orthodoxy, and mystery are dissolved into a new understanding in which they begin to function as human and primarily woman. ”
I dedicated my poem to Fidelina Sandoval, my Honduran friend, fellow feminist, mother and magic maker. For all those afternoons we spent drinking coffee and cooking beans and eggs and grinding corn to make flour and surviving our kids and drinking wine, after.
Download ‘20.35: Africa An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry’ here.
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Editor-in-Chief: Ebenezer Agu
Editors: Gbenga Adeoba Chisom Okafor Osinachi