Cherllisha Silva

Cherllisha Silva writes from Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2024 she earned a Masters in Creative Writing at the IIML. Her creative nonfiction, short fiction and poetry have been published in Aotearotica, Bonsai: Best Small Fictions of Aotearoa NZ, Best Small Fictions 2019, The Wild Word, Turbine / Kapohau and other places. Her work asks how did we get here, where are we going, and explores the conflict in surviving inheritance and embodying identity.

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The Bridge: After Natalia Ginzburg

His black hair waterfalled to his waist. His scent, frangipani and coconut, transported me. He said he remembered my eyes. Blue. “It was déjà vu.

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