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Athena Dixon

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Athena Dixon

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Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Athena Dixon is a poet, essayist, and editor. She is the author of the forthcoming essay collection The Loneliness Files (Tin House 2023), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press 2020) and No God In This Room (Winner of the Intersectional Midwest Chapbook Contest, Argus House Press 2018). Her work also appears in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books) and Getting to the Truth: The Practice and Craft of Creative Nonfiction (Hippocampus Books 2021).

Athena’s work has appeared in various publications both online and in print. She has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes for both poetry and creative nonfiction as well as a Best of the Net nomination for poetry. She is a fello
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The Loneliness Files: A Mem...

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“I am afraid to die before I figure out what it is. Afraid to die before I find a heart in which to hide.”
Athena Dixon, The Loneliness Files

“Maybe it is better to stay connected to each other in the unknown or the mystical. To request a piece of something solid be absorbed into us so we can never forget from whence we came. This keeps us rooted in history and the humanness that can get lost in the modern world. It's a hands-to-the-earth practice that lets each of us be free in the not knowing. It's not ignorance, it's faith and some measure of innocent that allows us to suspend belief in our current world -- a port amid the chaos.”
Athena Dixon, The Loneliness Files: A Memoir in Essays

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