Gulf Stream

Literary Magazine @FIU. Published by the Creative Writing MFA program.

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Our latest issue “Static” is now live! Come and check out some great poems, art, interviews, and spectacular work by out featured poet @jennymolberg! https://t.co/F28gVcImg8

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Check out Tom’s captivating story, “The Donor!” A powerful piece of writing that we’re glad found it’s home here!
https://t.co/LizPheiDeV

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Another banger of a poem by @natallman!

“When I told my mother I was gay, she said, “But you were a cheerleader!””

Wonderful reference to a cult classic!

[Nicole Tallman @natallman]

ICYMI, I have a new Say Gay poem in @GulfStreamLit! 🗣️🌈 https://t.co/q1QS7A3nB3

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"We like nice things—trips, wine and perfume.
And having the necessities, like housing, healthcare and food.        
We’re working all kinds of crazy jobs just to pay our bills."

Listen to what @natallman says and "Pay the poets" 👏👏👏

[Nicole Tallman @natallman]

I’ve got 3 new poems in the Spring issue of @GulfStreamLit! Here’s 1 of 3: Pay the poets! https://t.co/DwYmO92yZ0

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Issue 32 is now live! Includes interviews with Alexandra Chang (@alexandra_chang ), Peter Balakian, and Elgin Jumper. ⭐️ Thanks so much to all our contributors 💜 @PoemsAndCake, @natallman & more!
https://t.co/GnPqTtNmKR

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“Can/all these riches make us feel less poor inside? Undress/these mink furs, like wealth bound to corpses.” Bree Bailey’s poem “OK, I’m Finally Ready to Admit My Faults” showcases the power of borrowed form with this electric poem! Check it out!
https://t.co/L0KCuij9ho

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“In Chinese, the verbs for “swallow” (violent)/and “drown” are homonyms./
They are two fates separated only/
by a twitch in the throat.” Allison Jiang’s poem “The Cormorant” starts off with extremely powerful lines and carries that energy throughout! https://t.co/tXrDWykuoZ

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"we were not meant to be too greedy,/too vain, too ambitious, too great,/ greater than our husbands, greater than/ the shadow of our counterparts"
Check out the myth filled/inspired and overall breathtaking poem by Molly Zhu! https://t.co/FbjkLeivP9

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Fun fact! This poem inspired the title of the zine with its extraordinary lines:
“you had only a clothbound bag/
of illiterate lifelines, surrounding/
this silhouetted world, shadows/
like boundary lines”

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“…the color of immigration/
eroded on your face. Your hands/
become a stranger, a preservation/
of your memories.” “Exocarps” by Maggie Yang takes you on a image driven bus ride that is both beautiful and throws numerous emotional punches.

https://t.co/ilCaJfYu2U

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“I’ve only/ever wanted to be myself—only wanted/to be real. Not illusory. Not fantastical.” Maya’s poem “I am not a mother” is a spectacular showing of what language can do and is beautifully paired with its Japanese version.

Check it out !

[Maya McOmie @MayaMcomie]

thanks @GulfStreamLit for selecting my first published bilingual poem for your special issue❤️

https://t.co/xAwnrbVpOm

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“[buscando visa, carne de la mar,] I try to swim away/from the fangs of a sharklike country,”

Check out this stunning poem, “guerra,”from Carlos Egaña in our latest zine issue!

https://t.co/JXaU9kCmkl

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Check out our latest special issue zine “Silhouetted World!” It’s a zine for anti-racism and we’ll be donating proceeds that went towards it to a local organization! Plenty of amazing poets in here and some great art! https://t.co/VWHvfj6I7W

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We love seeing all of our past/present/future readers, editors, and submitters thrive and flourish in the world!!

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Jennifer Maritza McCauley says that while on the editorial team of @GulfStreamLit, her colleagues would “edit pieces incredibly closely and have dialogues with writers as the pieces began to find their footing.” Read more about this journal and 4 others: https://t.co/O5RJEhEynt

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Come and check us out on the 22nd at @BooksandBooks in Coral Gables! Thank you @omiamifestival for giving us the opportunity and organizing this!!

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"he saw the figure distinctly, black as shadow, dark enough to stand out clearly in the twilight – a shape cut out of burnt iron." A story that oozes eeriness as well as feeling deeply southern. Check out "The Sighting" from James Ulmer. https://t.co/5zWzGHVFqS

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“She pours hot sauce straight down her esophagus. Clears her throat like a ferry horn. French kisses me with the lights on.” Amanda Dettman expertly conjures up Elizabeth Holmes in her poem “Elizabeth Holmes is my Cellmate.” https://t.co/I5QNkn0H2M

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“I want to taste like the time my mom ran over a toddler’s toe in the preschool parking lot.” Such a standout and vivid line from Amanda Dettmann’s poem “Cemetery Matters.” https://t.co/vUBOGHNhJk

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"Not the beautiful fishes you see on Nat Geo, or Discovery, or your local aquarium, but the greyscale ones in abundance, those that nobody minds dead or devoured, or bargained for." Some more great lines from @peelijay's poem "Self-Portrait as a Witness." https://t.co/Mtycxd6J1W

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"We all linger at the doorway a little longer than is customary—unyielding, convinced that, somehow, we will snatch our dead back from God." Very powerful lines from @peelijay's poem "Those that announce their departure as a probable return"
https://t.co/xDZhRjb5mA

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"before I'd have to grind the spine, chunks of skull, and whatever bits the fire didn't get." Another killer line courtesy of @HMCotton's poem "Line Work"
https://t.co/qOfYHmRfdC

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"We chart these maps of each other, learning our boundaries quietly as one wases a boat into the shallow." Check out "Another Night on the River" by @HMCotton in our latest issue!
https://t.co/CudRWUW7Re