by TNSF | Feb 17, 2020 | SFK Releases, Wherey'at?
An excerpt from “You Are Needed Everywhere,” in Yong Takahashi’s collection The Escape to Candyland: “I have decided to name the baby Amora,” I say. “Amora?” she asks. “Is that Spanish?” “Yes, it means ‘love’.” My lip trembles and I look up from her...
by TNSF | Feb 7, 2020 | SFK Releases, Wherey'at?
In this debut collection of short fiction, secrets, all-embracing conversations, dreams, disappointments, and familial conflict provide a never-before-seen portrait of the city of Atlanta. What is the message hidden behind a polite smile? In Yong Takahashi’s Atlanta,...
by TNSF | Sep 11, 2019 | Photography, Vol. 2, Issue 22
Joy Taken in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, GA, this portrait uses a wide-open aperture to remove the one branch and the subject from the rest of the forest. To me, this photographic isolation represents an experience of growing up in the South as a person of color...
by TNSF | Aug 28, 2019 | Nonfiction, Vol. 2, Issue 21
Atlanta Writers Club Presents… Rick Bragg Prize for Nonfiction Winner: Harry Duke A View From the Sidewalk When I retired, I decided to open a sidewalk produce stand. I did not need the money. I just needed something to do and to feel good about...
by TNSF | Aug 28, 2019 | Poems, Vol. 2, Issue 21
Atlanta Writer’s Club Presents… The Natasha Trethewey Prize for Poetry Winner: Elizabeth Bracken Sestina for My Mother When I was four, I would sit in a brown wooden chair in the kitchen and my mother would braid my hair. Then she would turn...
