A review by crunden
Uncanny Magazine Issue 34: May/June 2020 by Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Michael Damian Thomas, Lynne M. Thomas

5.0

Girl, you best stop setting yourself on fire,
you may be the phoenix,
but these bones aren’t kindling
to keep others warm—

Started with Ali Trotta's 'Athena Holds Up a Mirror to Strength'. Sooo good; here. Looking forward to the rest.

My name is too hard
for you to pronounce
so I changed it.
My hair is too wild so I
tamed it.

Valerie Valdes's 'Assimilation' was fantastic. Read it here.