there were weeks when my body unmoored itself from self-ownership and became hers & theirs & his. so caught up I was with remembering how to belong to someone. as in, eyeing the swell of my ass in the shower and wondering how much of its volume one hand could clutch; not seeing my own […]
Mya Matteo Alexice
MYA MATTEO ALEXICE is a nonbinary, Black, and white graduate of the Rutgers-Newark MFA. Their poems can be found in publications such as Pleiades, Black Warrior Review, Copper Nickel, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Bennington Review, Barrelhouse, The Pinch, Cherry Tree, underblong, among others. They were the runner-up in the 2023 Black Warrior Review Poetry contest judged by Gary Soto. Their debut poetry collection, A Shape We’ve Yet to Name will be released in March 2024 by Game Over Books. They enjoy video games where you can make the characters kiss. You can find them @metaphoricallymya or @honestlymatteo on Instagram.
