Bellingham Review Contributor
Gabby Triana (she/her) is a second-year MA candidate at Western Washington University, where she studies Chicanx literature and teaches English composition. She also writes poetry, weird fiction, and hybrid-genre work. After she graduates, she wants to eventually move to New Mexico and continue writing and teaching.
Taneum Bambrick’s Intimacies, Received is a stunning second collection. Bambrick explores sexual and gender-based violence, illness, and queer sexuality through the speaker’s experiences as a survivor of sexual assault. With images of meat carving, quiet…