Claudia Owusu is a senior Creative Writing major at Otterbein University with minors in Film Studies and Race & Ethnic Studies. Her work has appeared in Quiz & Quill, Otterbein University’s Literary Magazine, Wusgood.black, 20.35 African Contemporary Poetry through Brittle Paper, and Ohio’s Best Emerging Poets 2017 and 2018. Her […]
I am beside him on the hospital bed watching him cry a deeply retching cry that contorts his face into a mask of pain and vibrates his body. Teary-eyed, mouth open to the world. On his right hand is a large slice of pawpaw, his first meal in days. He […]
Americans at malls Americans at malls take their business seriously. I was shocked by how little laughter was present at all the malls I went to. It was as if there was a hard creed, a written code of patriotism, that required those shopping to be in control of their […]
Class Dismissed I forget how many have lost themselvesWhen they crashed against my jagged edgesThey figured they were sailorsUntil they floundered in the sea that is me I’ve lost count of all who tried to build hereWanting to tame my wild into domesticityWhat a lesson in futilityClass dismissed CyclesSurely,I am […]