dear readers,
endless gratitude for tuning into lumiere’s fifth issue! you won’t want to miss any of the poems, prose, or artworks selected by our lovely staff editors and guest reader Gaia.
Gaia Rajan is the cofounder of the WOC Speak Reading Series, the Junior Journal Editor for Half Mystic, the Web Manager for Honey Literary, and the Poetry Editor of Saffron Literary. Her work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in the Kenyon Review, Tinderbox Poetry, Muzzle Magazine, DIALOGIST, Split Lip Magazine, diode, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Moth Funerals, is out now from Glass Poetry Press, and she is a two-time National Student Poet semifinalist. You can find her online at gaiarajanwrites.com, or at @gaia_writes on Twitter. She’s so happy you’re here.
amidst the heatwaves, the pool parties, the family reunions, dive into issue 05! sending lots of love and light to all.
sincerely,
jessica kim, editor-in-chief
the lumiere review