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Review: Cutting Apples by Jomé Rain

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Kristiana Reed (she/her) is a writer and editor in chief for Free Verse Revolution: a literary and arts magazine. Reed has been sharing her work online since 2016 and has self-published two poetry collections, Between the Trees and Flowers on the Wall. Reed is an advocate for mental health and chooses to share her experience with mental illness, addiction and sobriety.

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BOOK OF THE MONTH

Bruises, Birthmarks & Other Calamities by Nadine Klassen. Klassen is truly one of the best contemporaries in this poetry community and her work around family, trauma, survival, the past and the self is phenomenal. Reminiscent of Ocean Vuong, Emily Dickinson and e.e. cummings, this collection is a joy to savour and return to.