“Dice rolling…sound like a miniature version of fate, and for a few hours I’m not a poet revising a line; I’m a half-elf mapping stars or a bard trying to charm the gods,” writes @briangyamfi.bsky.social, author of What God in the Kingdom of Bastards (@upittpress.bsky.social). at.pw.org/WRGyamfi

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“I know all is good. I will hold my unctuousness to a higher standard. I know all is good.” —excerpt from Brian Gyamfi’s “To Hold a Kingdom” www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems... @briangyamfi.bsky.social

James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker. Honored to follow the footsteps of the ancestors. Thank you NEA for the faith. www.arts.gov/impact/liter...