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Three side by side covers of 'Emily of New Moon' showing a yellow-bordered cover with a girl with black hair outside sitting with a book on her lap and with a black cat beside her. A text box with a quote from the novel spans across the three covers.

L.M. Montgomery Found Poem in The Indianapolis Review

I'm happy to share that my L.M. Montgomery found poem "She Could Not Stifle Her Longing" is in the new issue of The Indianapolis Review!

Nazifa Islam

3 days ago2 min read

L.M. Montgomery Found Poem in swamp pink

I'm delighted to share that I have an L.M. Montgomery found poem in the new issue of swamp pink! "Uncomfortable Depths" was written using a paragraph from Anne of Green Gables and was one of the very first poems I wrote when I started this particular found poetry project.

Nazifa Islam

Nov 14, 20252 min read

Three cover images of 'The Best American Poetry 2025' layered next to one another | the cover is green leaves and light blue background with with yellow text reading "The Best American Poetry 2025," "Terence Winch guest editor," and "David Lehman series editor" on the green leaves | A graphic of three women at the beach fills the bottom right corner of the covers

Sylvia Plath Found Poem in The Best American Poetry 2025

I am absolutely delighted to share that I have a Sylvia Plath found poem in The Best American Poetry 2025, which is officially available to purchase from Scribner Books!

Nazifa Islam

Sep 3, 20253 min read