Shareen K. Murayama is a Japanese American, Okinawan American poet and educator. Her first poetry collection, Housebreak, debuted July 2022 by Bad Betty Press. Her first poetry chapbook, Hey Girl, Are You in the Experimental Group? by Harbor Editions was released in April 2022. She’s a 2021 Best Microfiction winner, a poetry reader for The Adroit Journal and Cobra Milk Mag, and Asst. CNF Editor for JMWW. Her works have been published or forthcoming in No Tokens Journal, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Ilanot Review, RHINO Poetry, McNeese Review, Pilgrimage Press, Bamboo Ridge Press and elsewhere. You can find her on IG and Twitter @ambusypoeming.
Stories in Smokelong Quarterly
Story:
Mother Warns Us of Men
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors
with Shareen K. Murayama
In its third year, The March Micro Marathon will be, as usual, a prompt-a-day whirlwind for 24 days. You’ll exchange drafts of micro fiction, non-fiction, and prose poetry in small groups and gather for a series of online events (all recorded for participants unable to attend live). We’ll finish with 3 competitions, and participants who are not already in SmokeLong Fitness will be invited to workshop with SmokeLong Fitness until the end of April!