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The Tail Bone of Columbia Road (walk with me, vol. 5)
Below, the fifth installment in the "walk with me" series: a place-based set of story-poems observing and living streets and corners across Boston and…
 • Alula Hunsen
But graf, it can't save you
I published an essay on graf/street art in Boston Art Review's new print issue last week! below: mostly short stories & vignettes; reflections on the…
 • Alula Hunsen
Massachusetts Avenue (walk with me, vol. 4)
Another story-poem about a place in Boston. In between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Huntington Avenue, Mel King's old South End struggles against its…
 • Alula Hunsen
Grave Digging
I haven't been able to write much beyond my master's thesis recently (successfully defended); when I did get free moments, poetry was what came. I…
 • Alula Hunsen
ETA
I'd love to share with you all a short story penned by the wonderfully talented GG Flores--a dear friend--and edited by me. Enjoy this transit-laden…
 • gg flores and Alula Hunsen
I'll get you next time/What happened to that boy?
a double feature! The first half, a poem on 'the (neo)liberal/masculine relationship promise'; a poem from an asshole's perspective. The second, further…
 • Alula Hunsen
Butterfly divine
I promise I'll have some essays back on this page 🔜 😭 in the meantime: yet another poem, inspired by a recent performance of (Black…
 • Alula Hunsen
Cambridge, Mass ("walk with me" series, vol. 3)
something or other. Thinking about crafting a place-based series of short story-poem hybrids (tentatively titled, "walk with me") as I'm midway through…
 • Alula Hunsen
808s
a free-verse poem to kick off the year!
 • Alula Hunsen
An ode to the MBTA; or, Three 66 buses and a 64 crawl into a bar-filled intersection in Allston, Mass, on their way to campus ("walk with…
This is what happens when a writer goes to urban planning school... I don't think this piece makes sense outside of a Greater Bostonian commuter…
 • Alula Hunsen
A bee (named Bertram) on the corner of Brighton Ave and Allston Street, where the 66 bus stops, at around 7:23 PM ("walk with me" series…
a poem/short story of observations; also, I've been trying to post more frequently before my grad school program starts and before I get bogged down in…
 • Alula Hunsen
Ography
This is, I think, my most personal essay yet. I can't really write anything else until I let this go, though. Read on for my attempt at addressing our…
 • Alula Hunsen
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