A musical interlude. . .

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Featured Poets

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Each month, the Kissing Dynamite team selects the work of one poet to discuss in detail.  See our featured poets below!

November 2021

Muiz Opeyemi Ajayi

Muiz Opeyemi Ajayi, Frontier XVIII, a young poet and writer, is a Law undergraduate of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He writes on diverse subjects including identity, contradictions, and uncertainties. He has works featuring/forthcoming on Nigerian News Direct, Fiery Scribe Review, Brittle Paper, Ice Floe, Spillwords, Sledgehammer Lit and elsewhere. He was second runner-up in the 2021 PROFWIC Poetry Contest. Asides Law and Literature, he's intrigued by sport and music. He's @muiz_ajayi on Instagram and @opendites on Twitter

October 2021

Ashley Cline

An avid introvert, full-time carbon-based life-form and aspiring himbo, Ashley Cline (she/her) crash-landed in south Jersey some time ago, and still calls that strange land home. A Best of the Net 2020 finalist, her poetry has appeared in 404 Ink, Okay Donkey, perhappened mag, Parentheses Journal, and HAD--among others. Her debut chapbook, "& watch how easily the jaw sings of god," is available now (Glass Poetry Press, 2021), while her second and third, "should the earth reclaim you" (Bone & Ink Press) and "cowabungaly yours at the end of the world" (Gutslut Press), are forthcoming. Once, in the summer of 2019, she crowd-surfed an inflatable sword to Carly Rae Jepsen, and her best at all-you-can-eat sushi is 5 rolls in 11 minutes. She is much too Online for her own good. Twitter: @the_Cline. Instagram: @clineclinecline. Linktree: @ashleycline.

September 2021

Keisha Cassel

Keisha (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Boston, MA. You can find their work in Variety Pack, Call and Response Journal, Onley (forthcoming), and their micro-chap Constructs (Ghost City Press.) They're also on the internet at keishacassel.com & @laughsatdanger on Twitter/Instagram.

Current Issue

     featuring artwork by Serena Piccoli

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Welcome to Issue 35, which includes work by Muiz Opeyemi Ajayi, Chella Courington, Sam Frost, Elizabeth Gibson, Chinedu Gospel, Lily Greenberg, Andrea Krause, Nadia Patterson, and Sean Wang.  Check it out!

THE TEAM

READ MORE ABOUT OUR MASTHEAD HERE!

Christine Taylor

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Shon Mapp

GENERAL EDITOR

Belinda Munyeza

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Morgan Ridgway

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Dia Roth

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Erica Abbott

COMMUNITY CONTENT MANAGER

Anthony Salandy

COMMUNITY CONTENT MANAGER

Dave Stolarz

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