Anita Nahal — Excerpt: As Santōka Taneda, Japanese author and haiku poet, expressed quite rightly, “Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.”
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auguri, auguri!
Rachel Kitch — Excerpt: Only one thing was slightly off, and that was the bride. My dress—a custom Anne Barge—was slightly too big.
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Riverine Verses — Lakshmi Kannan’s Nadistuti
Neera Kashyap — Excerpt: Divided into five segments, Nadistuti is an interconnected riverine flow of poems that reflect each other in a brilliant kaleidoscope of mirrors.
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“Self-Portrait of My Father as James Baldwin Reading Me Notes of a Native Son” by I Echo
Best of the Net 2025 Nomination: CNF Category — Originally published on 5 May 2024 in THR Weekly Features
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“A Map of the Welsh Coast as Seen by My Mother” by MJ Huntsgood
Best of the Net 2025 Nomination: CNF Category — Originally published on 12 May 2024 in THR Weekly Features