Read a PDF of the poem here.
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Isabel Cristina Lanzetta knows Arizona to be home. Her work has been published in the Oakland Arts Review, New Reader Magazine, Leviathan, Curios Magazine, and Convergence: Young Authors of Arizona, among others. Isabel’s poetry often explores inherited stories of displacement, cultural erasure, and embodied memory. She received her BA in English and Southwest Studies from Colorado College. Isabel was awarded the 2023 Emerging Writer Fellowship in Poetry from the Lighthouse Writers Workshop. As an interdisciplinary artist, you may find her engaged with written and visual storytelling, metalwork, and movement. She currently lives in Denver.