Emma Bolden
Emma Bolden is the author of medi(t)ations (Noctuary Press 2016) and Maleficae (GenPop Books 2013). Her work has appeared in The Best American Poetry, The Pinch, and Prairie Schooner, among others. Her honors include a 2017 Creative Writing Fellowship from the NEA and the Barthelme Prize for Short Prose. She serves as Senior Reviews Editor for Tupelo Quarterly.
Reading List
Two White Pigeons
Before branch became birch, before sky became flight, before ground became a verb, even before the sky raised its red lanterns, even while their bodies circled still inside each pale-shelled egg, the birds were waiting for wings. They were always …