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hometown girl Aiko Holt is all about progress

foxes take human form and wreak havoc on hearts

The Anilyn Gate is shut down

This wasn't how I expected things to go

Content Warning: Everything Stationery hometown girl Aiko Holt isBy: Akwaeke Emezi In their bold debut poetry collection, Akwaeke Emezi award winning author of Freshwater, PET, The Death of Vivek Oji, and Dear Senthuran imagines a new depth of belonging. Crafted of both divine and earthly materials, these poems travel from home to homesickness, tracing desire to surrender and abuse to survival, while mapping out a chosen family that includes the son of god, mary auntie, and magdalene with the chestnut eyes. Written