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Originally published in newname road (Kaya Press).
annakai hayakawa geshlider’s work has been published in Hanging Loose Magazine, Actually People, Malibu Magazine, and Rad Families: A Celebration. her chapbook, newname road, was published by Kaya Press in March 2025. she lives near the mother ditch of a river.