Celeste Bloom
Celeste recently graduated with a BA in Literature in English from Bryn Mawr College. She is currently based in Philadelphia, PA working as an educator. Their work has been published in The Nimbus, Haverford Milkweed and Coterie, Q&A queerzine. They are also an editor for GLG zine.
“home was looking at you,” “My Apologetic Elegy,” and “My Father And The Souvenir”
Home is a mold, that I cast upon you
in the shape of this poem, that fits only you.
Home was the way you described every color:
hunter green, sunset orange, and midnight blue.
in the shape of this poem, that fits only you.
Home was the way you described every color:
hunter green, sunset orange, and midnight blue.
Poetry
Issue 89, November 2024
Issues Archive
Mothers and Monsters: Adapting to Queer Immigrant Trauma in On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019)
Due to historical persecution of queer individuals, trauma pervades queer lives, communities, and literary representation. Given the prevalence of trauma in queer narratives, can queer protagonists define themselves beyond the atrocities they face? In his epistolary novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019), Ocean Vuong demonstrates that while trauma fundamentally shapes the queer Vietnamese American protagonist, Little Dog, he is equally defined by his response.
Essay
Issue 89, November 2024
Issues Archive
Celeste Bloom
Celeste recently graduated with a BA in Literature in English from Bryn Mawr College. She is currently based in Philadelphia, PA working as an educator. Their work has been published in The Nimbus, Haverford Milkweed and Coterie, Q&A queerzine. They are also an editor for GLG zine.
“home was looking at you,” “My Apologetic Elegy,” and “My Father And The Souvenir”
Home is a mold, that I cast upon you
in the shape of this poem, that fits only you.
Home was the way you described every color:
hunter green, sunset orange, and midnight blue.
in the shape of this poem, that fits only you.
Home was the way you described every color:
hunter green, sunset orange, and midnight blue.
Poetry
Issue 89, November 2024
Issues Archive
Mothers and Monsters: Adapting to Queer Immigrant Trauma in On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019)
Due to historical persecution of queer individuals, trauma pervades queer lives, communities, and literary representation. Given the prevalence of trauma in queer narratives, can queer protagonists define themselves beyond the atrocities they face? In his epistolary novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (2019), Ocean Vuong demonstrates that while trauma fundamentally shapes the queer Vietnamese American protagonist, Little Dog, he is equally defined by his response.
Essay
Issue 89, November 2024
Issues Archive