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    All Posts For - Pushcart

    Pushcart Nominee, “what matters if not breath” by Drea Brown

    November 16, 2020 News Black Earth Institute No comments yet

    The following poem by Drea Brown has been nominated by About Place Journal for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.   at times it seems black life matters in death, and we die hard. this ain’t no lie. sometimes we see it coming, sometimes we go to sleep and never wake. then...

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    Pushcart Nominee, “Cam and the Maskless” by Lisa Allen-Agostini

    November 16, 2020 News Black Earth Institute No comments yet

    The following prose by Lisa Allen- Agostini has been nominated by About Place Journal for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.   Cam couldn’t stop thinking of the girl’s perfect mouth. Perfect brown lips. When she laughed: the tender, moist, pink interior. Her straight, wide teeth like Altoids or really big Fresh’Ms....

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    Pushcart Nominee, “One Hundred Thousand Names” by Marjory Wentworth

    November 16, 2020 News Black Earth Institute No comments yet

    The following poem by Marjory Wentworth has been nominated by About Place Journal for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.     Whether it is morning And sunlight is seeping through Overlapping oak branches Bursting with bright leaves Or late in the day, after Rain has fallen and the scent Of spring...

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    Pushcart Nominee, “Nina Taught Me” by Sydney Epps

    November 13, 2020 News Black Earth Institute No comments yet

    The following poem by Sydney Epps has received a nomination for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.     Is it a sin in this skin? No; it is a blessing See, the best teacher I had was this wrap Gifting a knowledge more potent than college A test that got y’all...

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    Pushcart Nominee, “A Crack in the Ground that Went to the Other Side of the Earth” by Vikram Ramakrishnan

    November 12, 2020 News Black Earth Institute No comments yet

    The following short by Vikram Ramakrishnan has received a nomination for the 2020 Pushcart Prize.   One time Appa said the planet broke in half, and I looked down at the jagged line in the dirt he was pointing at and agreed, yeah, that’s a crack, but you think that...

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