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Shō Poetry Journal

Established in 2002, revived in 2023

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Audio Feature: Nazifa Islam (Shō No. 4)

Nazifa Islam reads her poem, “Day by Day” from Shō No. 4, Winter 2024.

Nazifa’s found poem, “Day by Day,” was written using paragraphs from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Read about Nazifa’s process here.

Nazifa Islam is the author of the poetry collections Searching for a Pulse (Whitepoint Press) and Forlorn Light: Virginia Woolf Found Poems (Shearsman Books). Her poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, Smartish Pace, The Rumpus, and Beloit Poetry Journal among other publications. She earned her MFA at Oregon State University. You can find her @nafoopal.

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Publishing Stats

Since our revival issue was published in Summer 2023:

260

Poems Published

170

Total Poets Published

62

Audio Features Published

28

Poems Nominated for Prizes

1

Poem chosen for inclusion in Best Spiritual Literature

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