My grandma spent her first five years in an orphanage My grandmas didn’t have grandmas. I use my tender, silvered fingers to light Frankincense while my grandma Erika labors to die, and my smoldering, grieving lungs inhale big. I use my tender, silvered fingers to light my first cigarette, outside the neighborhood bar and my […]
Dani Austin
DANI AUSTIN (they/them) is a queer, disabled, anti-Zionist Jew who loves a good cup of coffee, excellent questions, and basking in the (preferably desert) sun. They have a master’s degree in Sustainable Communities and a background in community organizing and teaching. Dani is currently in the Brooklyn Poets Mentorship program working on their first manuscript. They love their day job of supporting a network of community art-therapy facilitators across the country.
