It’s official! Here is the cover of Yellow Arrow Journal’s issue on KINDLING (Vol. VIII, No. 1), guest edited by Matilda Young:
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“Doña Sedona (a gradual elevation),” a wool, acrylic, and cotton tapestry by Violeta Garza, captures the theme beautifully. Violeta states that she “see[s] kindling as the grouping of individual pieces that, with enough chemistry and action, create an explosion,” like a tapestry. “Doña Sedona” was just featured in an exhibit at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, during Contemporary Art Month. Congratulations Violeta!
KINDLING explores the issues of advocacy and community care. The pieces within examine various facets of both through the idea of changemaking. Showcased poems and creative nonfiction speak about our connections to one another, to bearing witness, and to visions for paths to brighter days ahead. Matilda professes, “These are writings steeped in love. These are writings filled with purpose. And in so many ways, they remind us that the kindling can and must start with us.”
Matilda Young (she/they) is a poet with an MFA in poetry from the University of Maryland. She has been published in several journals, including Anatolios Magazine, Angel City Review, and Entropy Magazine’s Blackcackle. She enjoys Edgar Allan Poe jokes, not being in their apartment, and being obnoxious about the benefits of stovetop popcorn. Matilda’s poem “This Yes, This” was part of Yellow Arrow Journal FREEDOM, and Matilda was our .W.o.W. #7. She was also part of the fantastic Yellow Arrow Writers-in-Residence 2022 cohort.
KINDLING is available for preorder from the Yellow Arrow bookstore. Wholesale copies (discounted copies in lots of 5) can also be purchased. The issue will be released on May 9. Reserve your copy today.
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