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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
A quiet retelling of a life in the background, Athena Dixon’s debut essay collection,
The Incredible Shrinking Woman, is a gentle unpacking of the roles she learned to inhabit, growing up as a Black woman in a small Midwestern town, to avoid disruption. But after the implosion of the life she’d always wanted, Dixon must explore the implications of her desire to hide as she rebuilds herself in a world that expects freedom to look boisterous.
As Dixon presses the bruises of her invisibility, these essays glide between the pages of fan fiction, the rush of new panties, down the rabbit hole of depression, and reemerge on the other side, speaking with the lived authority of a voice that, even when shaking, is always crystal clear.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”3637″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css_animation=”appear” link=”https://www.splitlippress.com/the-incredible-shrinking-woman”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ab574d”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][edgtf_section_title type=”standard” position=”” title_tag=”” disable_break_words=”no” title=”Chapbooks and Anthologies”][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3636″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”custom_link”][vc_column_text]
No God In This Room
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Black Girl Magic
Black Girl Magic continues and deepens the work of the first BreakBeat Poets anthology by focusing on some of the most exciting Black women writing today. This anthology breaks up the myth of hip-hop as a boys’ club, and asserts the truth that the cypher is a feminine form.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#ab574d”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”3688″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]
New Books in Poetry: Vernon Keeve III
New Books in Poetry: Megan Burns
New Books in Poetry: Frances Donovan
New Books in Poetry: Tamara J. Madison
New Books in Poetry: Becca Klaver
New Books in Poetry: Eliza Griswold
New Books in Poetry: Sarah Adleman
New Books in Poetry: Kathryn Ross
New Books in Poetry: Sarah Sala
New Books in Poetry: Kelly Harris-DeBerry
New Books in Poetry: Shakira Croce
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Cija A. Jefferson for Hippocampus Magazine
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On Writing The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Mom Egg Review)
Doubt by Any Other Name: Thoughts on Impostor Syndrome
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Finalist, Gordon Square Review Prose Contest, 2018
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Essays
Room 220
“The Incredible Shrinking Woman”
GAY Magazine
“Butterfingers Are Revolutionary“
So To Speak Journal
“More Black Women Are Carrying Guns Than Ever Before. But Could I?“ Narrative.ly
Great Lakes Review
“Heed the Klaxon, Watch for Waves”
The Grief Diaries
“Saturday Night at the D.A.V.”
Compose Journal
“A Love Supreme: The Life of a Pre-Divorcee”
For Harriet
For Harriet
“Computer Love: Breaking Up in the Digital Age”
For Harriet
For Harriet
For Harriet
For Harriet
For Harriet
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Poetry:
THIS Magazine
The Rising Phoenix Review
The Rising Phoenix Review
Rose Red Review
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