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A Description of the Architectural Impact of My Home, Age 7
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
‘my apartment is neither over / nor under the sidewalk, / but both at once’
17 Melbourne Road
Oliver Reynolds
‘A room at the top of the street / preserving his life in sunlight’
Beyond Sunset
Mary Ruefle
‘Red sadness never appears sad . . . it appears in flashes of passion, anger, fear, inspiration and courage, in dark unsellable visions; it is an upside down penny concealed beneath a tea cosy.’
Crusoe
Salman Rushdie
‘Let me tell you, boyo, bach: I love this place, where green hills shelter me from fear.’
Why A Colored Girl Will Slice You If You Talk Wrong About Motown
Patricia Smith
‘Their newborn children grew / like streetlights. We grew like insurance payments. / We grew like resentment.’
