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Pushcart Prize Nominations – The Chaos Section Poetry Project
Each year, small presses are invited to nominate up to six works for consideration in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. It’s both an honor and a challenge to make those choices. This collection is full of work that moved us, surprised us, and stayed with us long after we finished reading. After much thought Continue reading
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say what you mean

another nonetMatthew E. Henry an affirmative action hirea multicultural hirea diversity hirean equity hirea DEI… justbe honest and call me anigger,please. Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of six poetry collections, most recently said the Frog to the scorpion (Harbor Editions, 2024). He is editor-in-chief of The Weight Journal, the creative nonfiction editor at Porcupine Literary, and an associate editor Continue reading
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when asked for help writing a satire

Matthew E. Henry she said it was due in a few hours. so I closed my laptop,stopped grading, and did my colleague’s job. taught herthe classic definitions and offered some examples. butshe was too Black to watch SNL and too young to rememberIn Living Color. so I re-opened my laptop and showed hera Key & Continue reading
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misstra know-it-all

after Stevie Wonder Matthew E. Henry he’s everything the racists hoped a Black president would be.a sexual predator, jackal-slinking from one vulgarityto the next—tiny hands always in someone else’s pocket.a bastard with multiple baby mommas, married—for the moment—to an off-White woman his supporters used to slut shame, citingsomething about “family values.” with a bachelor’s in shucking,a Continue reading

