Born in Babylon
Z. T. CorleyPoems and essays from a girl at the end of the world.
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The Tense of Displacement
Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq, Untitled, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
My body is an argument I did not start.
—Morgan Parker
In America, identity has become increasingly difficult to articulate and define. According to Toni Morrison,...
The Value of Water and Other Poems
UNTITLED (ALIEN AWE III), 2003, Wangechi Mutu
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The Value of Water
Last night, I dreamed of smoke without fire,
and then I dreamed of a bird...
Questions Directed Toward the Existence of God
To Reason with Heathen at Harvest, 2017, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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Does God exist
in the space between
my body
and a stranger's bo...
4.9.25
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Meanwhile, the ants have come again,
at last, invading the kitchen and, soon,
unfortunately, the house. I am watching
their tiny black...
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Z. T. Corley is an M.F.A Candidate at Georgia College & State University and a reader for Callaloo. She is a recipient of the 2026 AWP Intro Journal Awards. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Revolute, Callaloo, Quarterly West, and elsewhere.
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