Author: The Cumaean Sibyl

Aaron Graham hails from Glenrock, Wyoming, population 1159, which boasts seven bars, six churches, a single 4-way stop sign and no stoplights. His work explores the relationship of desire, compassion and violence in combat situations and the resilience, latency and impact of trauma and moral Injury on maritime society. He served as the assistant editor for the Squaw Valley Review, is an alumnus of Squaw Valley Writers Workshop and The Ashbury Home School (Hudson) and is a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq where he served with The Marine Corps' Human Intelligence and Counterterrorism Task Force Middle East as analyst and linguist. HisHis work has appeared in SAND, The Tishman Review, The East Bay Review, Print Oriented Bastards, Zero-Dark-Thirty and f(r)iction. His first book “Blood Stripes” was a finalist for Tupelo Press’s 2015 Berkshire Prize and his poem “Olfaction” won the 2015 Seven Hills Penumbra Poetry Prize. Aaron is currently finishing his PhD in Literature at Emory University.

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BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING By Aaron Graham

The Rising Phoenix Review BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING One week before deployment,we staged his wedding behind India company’s barracks. In the smoke-pit, his seabagis stacked with issued gear: shit-paper, load bearing vests. One week before deployment,she carried a bouquet of sand in a Coors Lite can down the aisle. The wedding party was a fire-team;with…

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Sundress Announces 2017 Open Reading Period Selections

AWESOME!! The Sundress Blog Sundress Publications is thrilled to announce the results of the 2017 Open Reading Period. Following is a list of the winners, finalists, and semi-finalists chosen from this year’s submission period. Our staff has selected the following manuscripts for publication as part of our 2019 catalog:Divining Bones by Charlie Bondhus, Blood Stripes…

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