YR: 41
spring/summer 2025
Conversation
Poetry
“Étude No. 17 in Dusk Major” by Sui Wang
Yellowwood Poetry Prize Honorable Mention
Winner of the Yellowwood Poetry Prize
“crush in the key of F” by Shelbi Church
“By Any Other Name” by Marina Avery Robinson
“My Mother as Dead Horse” by Adriana Beltrano
“Force Majeure” by Vasvi Kerjriwal
“Voyeur: The Black Body” by Spencer S.
Yellowwood Poetry Prize Honorable Mention
"In Highly Connected Networks, There’s Always a Loop” by Ivan Zhao
“Right After Anne Carson’s Lecture on Homer” by Ted Mico
“House of a Thousand Turtles” by Ted Mico
ART
JONATHAN KENT ADAMS explores themes of sexuality, spirituality, and place within his art. Adams' history of struggle with religious exclusion creates a transcendence in solitude. His paintings and drawings oscillate between realism and surrealism. Adams encourages self-discovery beyond traditions that often deny the outsider’s existence. Adams received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 2014 from the University of Mississippi. He studied under Mary Beth McKenzie at the Art Student's League of New York in 2012. Adams lives and creates in Water Valley, Mississippi.