Living at Baggage Claim Shane Hawley

Living at Baggage Claim Shane HawleyThis item will be released October 6, 2026. Living at Baggage Claim is a collection of poems & tales across time. Based on experiences and trials while on tour as a traveling artist, Matam blends elements of West African folklore and contemporary poetics to journey through the eyes of The Boy a reflection of their inner child and an impossible future trying to honor who they are by accepting who they were always meant to be. But in order to get there,

& aliveness

It does the work and beckons you to follow

too is cinematic

Gibson has generously given us a blissful surrender to the immensity known as love

Ollie Schminkey offers humanity not only to their father

Praise for Siaara Freeman

healing from abuse

DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BAD contains 75+ writing prompts curated by Ollie Schminkey to help poets of all skill levels approach new forms and perspectives

But in order to get there

and their witnesses

interpersonal uncertainty and uncertainty at a larger scale

In poems that dig deep into sexuality