A musical interlude. . .

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Our second anthology PUNK ​is coming soon. Check out our contributors HERE.

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!

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.

August 2021

Lillian Sickler

Lillian Sickler is a queer Chinese-American poet, writer, and birth doula currently living in the South. Her work can be found in magazines such as The Shade Journal, Crab Fat Magazine, Empty House Press, and Hobart, among others. She has a black cat named Junebug who is a Gemini-Cancer cusp.

July 2021

Ọbáfẹ́mi Thanni 

Ọbáfẹ́mi Thanni is a genre-bending writer whose poetry was the third-place winner of the Nigerian Newsdirect Poetry Prize 2020. He is a reader at The Masters Review and is currently making attempts at beauty while applying for a citizenship in Lucille.
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You can find him on Twitter and Instagram @obafemithanni and read his previously published works at obafemithanni.com

Current Issue

     featuring artwork by Mathew Yates

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Welcome to Issue 33, which includes work by Christine Naprava, Semilore Kilaso, Robert Guzikowski, Ariyo Ahmad, Kevin Grauke, Erica Abbott, Nadine Klassen, Keisha Cassel, and Sarah A. Etlinger.

THE TEAM

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Christine Taylor

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Zora Satchell

SUPERVISING EDITOR

Shon Mapp

GENERAL EDITOR

Belinda Munyeza

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Morgan Ridgway

Dia Roth

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Erica Abbott

COMMUNITY CONTENT MANAGER

Anthony Salandy

COMMUNITY CONTENT MANAGER

Dave Stolarz

MUSIC

ASSISTANT EDITOR