Jeanne-Marie Osterman is the author of four collections of poetry, including Who Killed Marta Ugarte? (Broadstone Books), Shellback (Paloma Press), and All Animals Want the Same Things.She was a 2018 finalist for the Joy Harjo Poetry Prize. At home in New York City, Jeanne-Marie is poetry editor for Cagibi, a journal of poetry and prose.
Brooms! Buckets! Açai! Mangos! Melons! Bootleg CDs!Bikinis on mannequins that look like sex dolls dancing in open air.The coconut man’s at his stand, grinding the flesh into piles of snow.He asks me to marry him and as I consider,an elderly couple trundles by with a load of root vegetables.Their frayed
VOLUME 3: ISSUE 4
WINTER 2026
