A mini-collection of poems reimagining the concepts of home and family where all the gritty bits are golden.
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Kilhah St Fort
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Kilhah St Fort is an outspoken girl, who can often be found listening to either Broadway musicals or lo-fi beats. One of her favorite pastimes is binge-watching cartoons. Kilhah documents her world and the world around her through poetry while creating new ones through prose. She's passionate about a bunch of things but most importantly, advocating for the representation of underrepresented communities in spaces they are historically forgotten about.
Artist‘s Statement
I’m a naturally very awkward person. I have a stutter, am constantly indecisive, and often find myself being too big and too small for my body. But when I write, all those things don’t matter. If anything writing allows me to have room for all my contradictions. Being Haitian-American, femme presenting, and queer, I’m often confronted by how my world is influenced by my intersecting identities. It’s as confusing as you can imagine. That’s why I used this project to explore a sliver of my world.
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‘The Sun Will Guide Us,’ An Excerpt
This is an excerpt from our Cinderella-inspired YA fantasy novel. In this scene, the two protagonists meet for the first time but they each have different motivations for their meeting.
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A Teen Amplifying Teen Voices: An Interview with Kilhah St Fort
This is an interview conducted by mentor Amber Loveless, who is interviewing her mentee Kilhah St Fort about her teen advocacy work for YALS magazine.
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Concepts
This piece is a series of vignettes that are able to either read as one or stand-alone. Each one carries an emotion that is specific to its content.
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deeply rooted memories
My piece shows the strength and perseverance of women by using a rose as the subject.
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claiming my place
This project is a reflection on the internal journey I’ve been going through for the past few years.