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Kiara M. Tanta-Quidgeon is a Mohegan storyteller whose writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Sudden Flash, Soul Poetry, Prose & Art Magazine, Beauty All Around Us (Abalone Mountain Press), and more.
Photo taken by Sukhmani Kaur
"When I Started Living" (2025) is a micro-memoir in which Kiara reflects on how early encounters with loss and grief reshaped her understanding of and relationship with being alive.
"When I Started Living" is now available to read in Soul Poetry, Prose, & Art Magazine (Volume 1, Issue 3).
"Nana's Blueberry Slump" (2024) is a fictional short story inspired by Kiara's kin and culture. When Ashanuk reluctantly returns to her grandmother’s cabin after her passing, she faces the ache of absence. Surrounded by memories, she finds an old journal and begins a transformative journey shaped by loss, healing, and reclamation.
“Nana’s Blueberry Slump” is a story of love, the intergenerational transmission of traditional knowledge, and the taste of home, and it is available to read in "Beauty All Around Us: Poetry and Prose on Indigenous Food Sovereignty by 15 Indigenous Youth," published online by Abalone Mountain Press.
"Late at Night" (2019), Kiara's first poetry publication, is available to read in "Montage's 2019 Fall Zine" published online by Montage (Quinnipiac University's literary & arts journal featuring student poetry, prose, photography, and more).
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