Shooter
I held hope and no grudges when it came to my father. When he did come to see us, I’d dash down the stairs and leap into his arms. He’d scoop me up to meet ... Read more.
Azia Armstead is a poet from Richmond, Virginia. She holds an MFA in Poetry from New York University where she received the Goldwater Fellowship. Her honors include: Finalist for the 2019 Furious Flower Poetry Prize judged by A. Van Jordan, Honorable Mention for the Arts Club of Washington’s Scholarship Award for Poetry, and Finalist for the 2023 Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest. Her work has appeared in Boston Review, The Quarry, Rattle, and Obsidian. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
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