Sticky Fingers
Craving more honey? Welcome to Sticky Fingers, our special artist spotlight, where our Hive interviews authors on their recent and upcoming releases.
Pasts and Possibilities, Resurrected : A Review of Meghana Mysore's “Let All Our Ghosts Depart”
By Tiffany Mi
“How else could it be that ghosts in their various forms are the hallmark of these stories? Listen to them, look for them; they have already been whispering to each other."
Last Call for Songbirds: A Review of Anthony Thomas Lombardi’s Debut, murmurations
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By DeeSoul Carson
"Lombardi is nothing if not earnest, and these poems showcase a lyric that is both effusive and calculated. Many of the poems in this book are sweeping, but the choices in them are clear & intentional. A good artist knows that there are no words wasted when the tune is just that good."
Craft Essay: “Allow Me To Speak My Palestinian Tongue” by Noor Shami
"Poetry is an olive tree — wisdom, fertility, prosperity — following life then death and everything in between."
Interview with Jameka Williams on American Sex Tape™
Jameka Williams’s debut poetry collection, American Sex Tape™, winner of the University of Wisconsin Press Brittingham Prize, is an American pop culture critique, a moving exploration of how social media and capitalism impact one’s sense of self, and an insightful showcase of what occurs when the voyeur becomes the subject. In our conversation, we discuss the collection’s unforgettable title, the Kardashians, writing about Blackness, and so much more.
Words Gilded in Gold: Aimee Seu’s Luxuriously Tender Velvet Hounds
In this blunt-chic edition of Sticky Fingers, Aimee Seu discusses literary hybridity, maternal influences, and exuberant fashion with Honey intern Aja St. Germaine then reads “Ode to Pomegranates” from her collection, Velvet Hounds.