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Brian Gilmore

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Brian Gilmore was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and is the author of four books, including his latest poetry collection, Come See about Me, Marvin, which was named a Michigan Notable Book. He is obsessed with basketball, screenwriting, and Turkish cooking.

— From August 2020
Poetry

Mothers Of All Pandemics

we call our moms    they’re in their / nineties now    some don’t remember / many do    we are worried sons of mothers / mugged by some motherfucker of a germ / going back to the days when our mothers’ mothers / were alive during the pandemic of 1918

August 2020
Poetry

Love And Justice

The Sun presents a selection of poems that speak to the subtle and not-so-subtle injustices going on around us. Featuring Cortney Lamar Charleston, Ashley M. Jones, Eve Williams, Anuradha Bhowmik, Hope Wabuke, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, Amy Dryansky, Brionne Janae, Danez Smith, and Brian Gilmore.

June 2018
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