The beautiful album art, "Hewn Fruit," by Colleen Burner. You will be mailed a postcard-sized, 52 pt, uncoated print. Unless you specify which of the series of 8 in the full "Hewn Fruit" series, one will be selected at random. On the back, a personal note from C. R.
Acknowledgments
This exploration is the start of a larger manuscript, and it has been nurtured by unconditionally supportive friends, mentors, and colleagues, namely: Abi Pollokoff, Patrick Milian, Woogee Bae, Katelyn Oppegaard, Sarah Dowling, Sridevi Nair, Lisa Stewart, Colleen Burner, Tim Rengers, the ISL workshop cohort guided by Shira Erlichman, and John Beer. Thank you, also to The Harlan Hahn Disability Studies Fellowship for providing the time and space to write several of these poems and complete the prequel, The Lyme Letters.The following presses offered edits and encouragement to pursue O’s story by publishing the several poems in this manuscript:
“Boylesque” first appeared in the September 2019 issue of POETRY
“My Dearest Psalm XXIII” is forthcoming in the Fall 2019 FENCE issue as “Psalm XXIII”
“My Dearest Love Technique” was first published` “Love Technique” in [PANK]
“My Dearest of Moon Tides…” was first published as “Narration” in S H I F T: A Journal of Queer Art
“Hewn” was first published by FIVE:2:ONE & #sideshow
Judy Twedt (she/her) is a sound artist working primarily on auditory representations of climate data. She has a masters degree in Atmospheric Sciences and is a PhD Candidate in climate communication at the University of Washington. A National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, her climate soundtracks have been aired on NPR, PBS, Canadian Public Broadcasting, podcasts, NOAA’s Science on a Sphere, and live for TEDx Seattle. She is a fifth-generation settler on Coast Salish land and a University of Washington instructor in climate writing and sustainability studies. More information at www.judytwedt.com.
Woogee Bae writes poems and edits the ecopoetics journal Snail Trail. She received her MFA from the University of Washington Bothell. Her writing can be found in P-QUEUE, Poetry Northwest, Small Po[r]tions, Tagvverk, and elsewhere.
Abi Pollokoff is a Seattle-based writer and book artist with work previously in Foundry, CutBank, Poetry Northwest, Black Warrior Review, and Guernica, among others. A 2019 Hugo House Fellow, she has been the poet in residence for the Seattle Review of Books and The Alice. Currently, she is the events manager for Open Books: A Poem Emporium, the managing editor for Poetry Northwest Editions, and a content director in visual communications. Abi received her MFA from the University of Washington. Find her at abipollokoff.com.
Katelyn Oppegard is a poet parked in Seattle. You can decide which of those is transient.
The Print Edition contains original artwork by Colleen Burner, an ink series named "Hewn Fruit." You can have a print sent to you from crgrimmer@gmail.com or purchase the print edition of this chapbook (and the art therein) here: https://www.gasherjournal.com/product-page/o-ezekiel-s-wife.
Finally to GASHER Journal and Press: for the heart, care, time, and willingness to experiment with mediums and my tree-like idea branching. I could not have had better fortune than to work with you.
credits
from O–(ezekiel's wife),
released February 29, 2020
C. R. Grimmer, Judy Twedt, The Jack Straw Cultural Center
More at www.crgrimmer.com. C. R. Grimmer (they/them) is Assistant Professor of Poetry at Utah State University.
Their books include The Lyme Letters (Texas Tech University Press, Winner of the Walt McDonald First Book Award), O–(ezekiel's wife) (GASHER Journal and Press), and The Poetry Vlog: Critical Edition, forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press....more
