“Erudite and imaginative”
—Mary Karr, Oxford University, Author of How to Look at Art
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“One admires the Dionysian spirit in Mhyana’s writing
as well as the large-scale intellect that ranges over various cultures”
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—Major Jackson, Guggenheim fellow; Poetry Editor, The Harvard Review
“There’s no doubt that Mhyana knows how to weave imagery and make love to words and sensation in a way that leaves you breathless.”
— Carve Magazine
“Exquisite” “Awfully good” “Very impressed”
–Southeast Review –Mid-American Review –Hayden’s Ferry Review
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“Impressive” “Such lovely writing” “Wonderful”
– Columbia Journal - Ruminate – The North American Review
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“Subtle, evocative” “A very strong manuscript”
— Antigonish Review — Beloit Poetry Review
“Sensitivity in the choice of detail and evocation of feeling”
—Event Magazine
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“Fabulous, original, impassioned”
—Entelechy Mind and Culture
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“I loved so much about ‘Cloud Atlases, Panic Pills,
& a Ribbon of Blue’ (anything that starts with a quote by
Jean Rhys immediately has my attention).”
– The Kenyon Review
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Recent Publications
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The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
Finalist, Bellingham Review / finalist / “A Vow of Silence” / Lyric essay (June 2022)
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The Maine Review, “Different Yellows, Whole and Broken” / Lyric essay (May 2022)
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Chautauqua, “May you Carry the Broken World” / Lyric essay (May 2022)
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The Southeast Review, “Prospecting” / Lyric essay (March 2019)
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The Compassion Anthology: Mercy for the Displaced / “Counting the Beats” / Lyric essay (winter/spring 2019)
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Lunch Ticket, “Counting the Beats” / Lyric essay (winter/spring 2019)
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Sigh Press, “Poetry in a Hostile Environment” / Cultural Commentary (winter 2018)
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Sigh Press, “The Cry Catcher” / Poem on the theme of fragility (winter 2018)
The Cincinnati Review, “Sacre Coeur & Wound Man” / Lyric essay (Issue 15:1, 2017)
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Cutbank, “Laughter & Forgetting” / Lyric essay (Issue 87, 2018)
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The Roanoke Review, “Mappa Mundi” and “The Weight of Prayer” (Vol XLII) / Poems
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Structo, “RX” / Poem (Issue 18, Spring 2018)
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Juked, “Milk & Honey: Portrait of a Self-Portraitist” and “Forever’s Requiem” / Lyric essay & flash prose
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Burrow Press Review, “Grindstone & Fog” and “Knaves & Whoresons” / Prose poem & Lyric essay (nominated Best of the Net 2015, 2016)
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Eclectica, “Ambidextrous Poesie” (finalist, Best of Issue)/ Lyric essay
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