2020 CTLF HEADLINERS

Atra Asdou

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Ashley A. Woods

Kaivyn Lael

Patricia Frazier

Kathleen Rooney

Kathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press and a founding member of Poems While You Wait. She is the author, most recently, of the novel Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk (St. Martin’s Press, 2017) and the co-editor of René Magritte: Selected Writings (University of Minnesota Press, 2016). Her next novel, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, is forthcoming from Penguin in Fall of 2020. Her previous work includes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Allure, Salon, The Chicago Tribune, The Nationand elsewhere. She teaches English and creative writing at DePaul University and lives in Chicago with her spouse, the writer Martin Seay.

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FROM THE BLOG

February 22, 2020

A Simple Man

By: Diego Cruz Boulder after boulder, pebble after pebble, I fumble and stumble in the eyes of my beholder. Pick up, put down, he shall never frown, for a simple man never knows when to quit in this town. Faster, stronger indeed he is my father, I struggle to keep up and move on farther. Simple and tougher, his life knows no slumber, for the life of a simple man shall always be greater, and forever harder.

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February 15, 2020

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By: Gemini Dwyer I’m not who I used to be  I’m weaker  I’m stronger I’m worse I’m better I’m quiet I’m loud I’m messed up I’m normal  I’m a mess of things They change with every rise and fall of the sun and moon The feelings  The mindsets My opinions  My thoughts  All changing  I’m not who people think I am I’m not the rumours  It’s funny  How much can happen in a year Or a month A week A […]

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November 26, 2019

To My Father

By: Cielo Marie Bernard Dear Daddy, I write a letter, as you have to me so you can see… your daughter. We got the same face, but not the same brains. You gave us some space, you missed the big-bang. But now I am drained. Dear Dad,  I have so much to say. while you were away, your daughter grew up. your daughter got strong while you were away she wished you weren’t gone but she got along. while you […]

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WRITER OF THE WEEK

DJ Ca$h Era will be setting the music at our Kickoff Party Apr. 24!

Check out her website: https://www.djcashera.com/mixes