New Release: 'It's Not Your Fault' Published in Awakened Voices Literary Magazine

Michelle Boyd Waters

New Release: ‘It’s Not Your Fault’ Published in Awakened Voices Literary Magazine

My poem “It’s Not Your Fault” is available online now in Issue 10 of the Awakened Voices: Intention for Change literary magazine. You can download and read the issue here.

Issue 10: Intention for Change | Awakenings

Awakened Voices Issue 10 Intention for Change here.

Intention for Change released May 22nd at 7:00 pm CST at a virtual launch celebration featuring statements from the Awakened Voices editorial team and readings from Issue 10’s twelve featured writers.

I’m one of the issues featured writers! I’m excited to share my work live at an event for the first time — but also nervous. I hope to have some friends in the virtual crowd. So if you’d like to attend via Zoom, just click here to register for the event.

Content warning

The magazine contains material including one or more of the following: rape, incest, sexual assault, abuse, self-injurious behavior, suicide, blood, and military violence.

According to the magazine:

The intention behind this content warning is to prepare the reader so they feel safe, even if safety doesn’t always feel comfortable, to take in this writing. My it also serve as a reminder that a reader can pause and take a break from reading. The stories will be here, waiting for the reader to return.

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Michelle Boyd Waters

Michelle Boyd Waters is a PhD candidate at the University of Oklahoma studying English education. She taught middle and high school English Language Arts for 10 years and is now studying writing center pedagogies in high schools. She is Assistant Director at the OU Writing Center, an Oklahoma Writing Project Teacher Consultant, and co-editor of the Oklahoma English Journal.