Through photosynthesis and the siren song, these poems are written for an alchemical future, one that calls for ‘a third thing’ beyond records of atrocity and poison.
Julia Mallory
JULIA MALLORY is committed to being a good steward of, and vessel for her ancestors' stories. As a storyteller, her foundational creative love language is poetry, and she moves between genres from fiction to filmmaking, with a range of mediums from text to textiles. In addition, she is the founder of the creative container, Black Mermaids.
Julia’s work can be found in A Gathering Together, Barrelhouse, the Black Speculative Arts Movement’s “Curating the End of the World: RED SPRING IV – Wildseeds & Black Futures”, The Offing, Raising Mothers, Sugarcane Magazine, Torch Literary Arts, 68 to 05, petrichor, SISTORIES, Emergent Literary, and elsewhere. She is also a poetry editor for The Loveliest Review.
Julia is an emerging filmmaker whose work has screened from Toronto to Iceland. Her latest loves include creating stop-motion animated collages and building TEN OH! SIX, a multi-generational community space for collective learning, connection, and creativity.
Julia is the mother of three children and is from the Southside of Harrisburg, which she affectionately refers to as “the lil chocolate city that tries.” For more information, visit www.thejuliamallory.com.
