{"id":3531,"date":"2025-01-17T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2025-01-06T12:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:51:07","slug":"bottom-dwelling-in-translation-by-kate-bowers-messenger-and-mae-m-parham-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/2025\/01\/17\/bottom-dwelling-in-translation-by-kate-bowers-messenger-and-mae-m-parham-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bottom Dwelling\u2014In Translation&#8221; by Kate Bowers, Messenger, and Mae M. Parham, Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.png?resize=918%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.png?resize=918%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 918w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.png?resize=269%2C300&amp;ssl=1 269w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.png?resize=768%2C857&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.png?resize=1377%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image.png?w=1385&amp;ssl=1 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><br><em>Author&#8217;s Note: &#8220;Bottom Dwelling &#8211; In Translation&#8221;&#8211; was written out of a spontaneous text message that occurred when my phone slid down my pant leg one day, and the recipient of the message, my friend Mae, instantly translated it and replied. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Kate Bowers (she\/her) is a a Pittsburgh based writer who has been published in Sheila-Na-Gig, Rue Scribe, and The Ekphrastic Review. Her work appears also in the anthology \u201cPandemic Evolution: Poets Respond to the Art of Matthew Wolfe\u201d by Hayley Haugen (Editor) and Matthew Wolfe (Contributor) and will appear also in the forthcoming anthology \u201cThe Gulf Tower Forecasts Rain\u201d to be published in the spring of 2024 by Pittsburgh\u2019s City of Asylum. Kate is an alumna of Tupelo Press\u2019s 30\/30 Project and serves as a volunteer social media team member for The Ekphrastic Review.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Mae M. Pouget (she\/her) is a Virginia native. Her work has been primarily related to her 26 years as a Navy Medicine Physician, Diversity Officer and Deputy Chief of the Medical Corps.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author&#8217;s Note: &#8220;Bottom Dwelling &#8211; In Translation&#8221;&#8211; was written out of a spontaneous text message that occurred when my phone slid down my pant leg one day, and the recipient of the message, my friend Mae, instantly translated it and replied. 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