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    Some Prophets
    Some Prophets
    Some Prophets
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    Some Prophets

    By Nicole Oquendo

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    SOME PROPHETS as a whole is a product of apocalypse, imagining the ends of different worlds both mundane and spiritual. Each of the three poems in this chapbook spans multiple pages, and reflects this with a different tone.

    "cassandra's eyes" is the introduction to this prolonged prophecy, with multiple pages allowing us to meet new Cassandras.

    What follows can be considered a love story. "when the skinning" shows us Cassandra and her partner, a man that is somehow animal.

    Finally, "rhh" is the guttural sound after an apocalypse, when the animals are no longer present and Cassandra is left to survey the damage with a mix of grief and joy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNicole Oquendo
    Release dateMar 20, 2020
    ISBN9780463498576
    Some Prophets
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    Nicole Oquendo

    Nicole Oquendo is a writer and visual artist that combines these elements, along with magical practice, to craft multimodal nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, as well as translations of these forms. Their work can be found in numerous literary journals, a hybrid memoir, and six traditionally published chapbooks. They have also been serving the writing community for over a decade as an educator and freelance editor, as well as volunteering time to several literary journals and presses. They are currently an Assistant Editor for Sundress Publications, and have curated multiple anthologies, including their most recent, MANTICORE: HYBRID WRITING FROM HYBRID IDENTITIES.They are dealing with this prolonged moment of crisis by writing thinly-veiled, speculative work.

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      Some Prophets - Nicole Oquendo

      some prophets

      by Nicole Oquendo

      Copyright by Nicole Oquendo, 2020

      All Rights Reserved

      ISBN: 9780463498576

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      Cover Image: Eros with Three Girls at a Fountain by Salomon Gessner, 1770

      Cover Design by Nicole Oquendo

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