Allie Marini is a cross-genre writer holding degrees from both Antioch University of Los Angeles & New College of Florida. She has published a number of chapbooks, including Pictures from the Center of The Universe (Paper Nautilus, winner of the Vella Prize) and Southern Cryptozoology: A Field Guide to Beasts of the Southern Wild (Hyacinth Girl Press, finalist for the SFPA’s Elgin Award) In addition to her work on the page, Allie was a member of Oakland’s 2017 National Slam Team. A native Floridian now freezing to death in the Bay Area, Allie writes poetry, fiction, and essays. Find her online: www.alliemarini.com.
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How to Write a Headline Without Telling the Whole Story
Please click below to read Allie Marini's poem, "How to Write a Headline Without Telling the Whole Story," which was written using a newspaper headline where an unarmed civilian was killed by police (2015). How to Write a Headline Without…
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The Ocean Listens
Geneva peace talks on a subject of the lives not living in the crematorium heat of a Damascus prison only break bread between those not given a holy perspective on the horrors they’ve driven. Flour, water and time - a…
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Distressed but Hopeful: Parenting in the Time of Trump
At 26, I started to get the "urge," that feeling that comes along suddenly and slaps a young woman in the face and screams "KIDS!" I never wanted children before this, but suddenly the thought of a newborn filled my…
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The Bridge
I heard Spanish first. I slipped into the world deafened by my mother’s cries. Her songs were familiar. Her voice was familiar. But her anguish was primordial. Her anguish didn’t need to be broken into meaning. It lived in the…
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Rosemary’s Lobotomy
After Rosemary Kennedy “Darling Daddy, I hate to disappoint you in any way. Come to see me very soon. I get very lonesome every day.” Engulfed in tulle, like a sprig of herb in a wedding bouquet, she curtsied. A…
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1946
Snowflakes blew sideways down Main Street in Richmond, Virginia. It was Valentine's Day. Newlyweds, James and Betty Smith cuddled inside the trolley car. Betty took the cuff of her coat and brushed it across the window. Snow powdered brick buildings,…
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