Welcome to Writers Resist, the June 2023 Issue

Summer’s upon us, and wild flowers have painted California’s landscapes brilliant. The flowers’ seeds can lie dormant for decades, emerging only when their soil is disturbed. While the works in this issue have been inspired by seemingly countless disturbances confronting us today, may the poppies inspire hope and action.

In the meantime, we’re delighted to present our June 2023 issue and the brilliant writers and artists who define it.

Arthur Altarejos “Batasan ng Lansangan  —  Street Parliament

Christie M. Buchovecky “The Crucible

Angel Dionne “Bipolar

AJ Donley “Twin Pandemic, Twin Cities

Andrea Dulanto “The Revolution Is Where We Are

Amal El-Sayed “Global Outcry

Maureen Fielding “WWJD

Ellen Girardeau Kempler “Questions/Answers (for Black U.S. citizens applying to register to vote in Selma, Alabama, in 1963—based on actual exams)

Emma Goldman-Sherman “(Judges 19) Remembering the Concubine

Howie Good “Where My Family Is From

Marjorie Gowdy “When Ruby Falls

David Icenogle “Out of Pockets to Pick

Camille Lebel “Two Poems

Larry Needham “Yet Another Poem About Trees

Phoenix Ning “Birthday Wishes

Mandira Pattnaik “A Moon Is a Moon Is a Moon

Rachel Rodman “Hi

Angelica Whitehorne “Emma Thompson Full Frontal at 62

Sarah Waldner “U-turn

Phyllis Wax “Scheherazade

Bänoo Zan “The Rise of the Martyr

Join them and the Writers Resist editors Saturday July 8 for Writers Resist Reads, a virtual literary celebration. Email WritersResist@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

Thank you for reading! If you appreciate creative resistance and would like to support it, you can make a small, medium or large donation to Writers Resist from our Give a Sawbuck page.

 


Photo credit: “Wild California Poppy fields in Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore” by slworking2 via a Creative Commons license.