LAIKA

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In these 20 poems addressed to the Soviet dog who perished in space </span><span style=color: rgba(204 0 102 1)>Laika</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> threads moments of love and loss into an astonishing lyric lament on isolation queerness coming of age and womanhood.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(56 86 35 1)>Maggie Olszewski is from Columbia South Carolina. She was named a Top 15 Foyle young Poet of the Year by the UK Poetry Society with her winning poem 'At The Funeral'. Her text 'Gap' won a national gold medal from Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in 2019 and her work has appeared in Jasper magazine. She is currently studying English at Smith College.</span></p>