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  • #CAPTURE
    by Heather Sweeney

    #CAPTURE <br>by Heather Sweeney
  • The Ruptured
    by Barbara Schwartz

    The Ruptured <br>by Barbara Schwartz
  • Twelve Steps Ahead
    by Evan Lavender-Smith

    Twelve Steps Ahead <br> by Evan Lavender-Smith
  • Cool Uncle
    by Emmett Knowlton

    Cool Uncle <br>by Emmett Knowlton
  • Sam Cohen Interviewed by Raki Kopernik: Queer Jewish Writers

    Sam Cohen Interviewed by Raki Kopernik: Queer Jewish Writers
  • The Only Thing Missing Was the Howling of Wolves
    by Rachel Swearingen

    The Only Thing Missing Was the Howling of Wolves <br>by Rachel Swearingen

Fiction

Cool Uncle
by Emmett Knowlton

All summer long Gideon’s nephews had been terrorizing him, waking him with wet willies, reminding him what a loser he’d become. “Do a flip!” they … read more about Cool Uncle
by Emmett Knowlton

The Only Thing Missing Was the Howling of Wolves
by Rachel Swearingen

The following is excerpted from Rachel Swearingen's debut story collection, How to Walk on Water. Her stories and essays fiction have appeared in … read more about The Only Thing Missing Was the Howling of Wolves
by Rachel Swearingen

Interview with Salvation Day Author Kali Wallace
by Chase Erwin

Kali Wallace was born and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She attended Brown University, where she took an undergraduate degree in Geology, and … read more about Interview with Salvation Day Author Kali Wallace
by Chase Erwin

Poetry

Kiss
by Cyril Wong

What is new must also be unexpected and not what we think   is new— car crash, stalled lift … read more about Kiss
by Cyril Wong

Bowl
by Cyril Wong

there is little we cannot accomplish without hearing our voices the music of not hearing voices not music but an … read more about Bowl
by Cyril Wong

#CAPTURE
by Heather Sweeney

The museum’s light was overrated I wanted to be a different person there Let’s have Old Fashioneds in the hotel … read more about #CAPTURE
by Heather Sweeney

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Bowl
by Cyril Wong

Cool Uncle
by Emmett Knowlton

#CAPTURE
by Heather Sweeney

#FEED
by Heather Sweeney

In Defense of My Yankee Boyfriend
by Rachel Stempel

When You’re Back
by Rachel Stempel

Twelve Steps Ahead
by Evan Lavender-Smith

The Only Thing Missing Was the Howling of Wolves
by Rachel Swearingen

Interview with Salvation Day Author Kali Wallace
by Chase Erwin

Sam Cohen Interviewed by Raki Kopernik: Queer Jewish Writers

NONFICTION

Twelve Steps Ahead
by Evan Lavender-Smith

This is one of two instances in your life when you will receive these instructions. There is only one step you’re allowed to … read more about Twelve Steps Ahead
by Evan Lavender-Smith

The Po’ele Box
by Kirby Wright

I SWEATED IT OUT on the floral-print couch between Troy and our mother. We were waiting for my old man to get home. My … read more about The Po’ele Box
by Kirby Wright

Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss

Image courtesy Kelly Sikkema   The scrap yard at the north end of my long city street hummed like a dystopic … read more about Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss

REVIEWS

How Justine by Forsyth Harmon Taught Me How to Feel
by Aya Kusch

  A few days ago, I was talking with a friend, and I told her that teenage girls must have superpowers that … read more about How Justine by Forsyth Harmon Taught Me How to Feel
by Aya Kusch

Breaking Currents: eddy at M23
by Corey Durbin

An eddy, the titular inspiration for this show, is a flowing water phenomenon where the current is disrupted by inverse … read more about Breaking Currents: eddy at M23
by Corey Durbin

Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
Reviewed by Sophia Kaufman

At the end of Ziwe Fumudoh’s Instagram Live shows this summer—in which she quizzed her guests on civil rights leaders, asked … read more about Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
Reviewed by Sophia Kaufman

TRANSLATIONS

The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)

Translator’s Note: Under communist rule, the government strongly discouraged celebration of religious holidays. In a … read more about The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)

[The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)

The nightingale is plucking out its feathers. So what if it pulls them all out? I bought you a flower. You said it had … read more about [The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)

Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)

Mr. Z still had many things to do. He always woke up early and prepared his mind to get them done properly. He looked around … read more about Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)

INTERVIEWS

The Lie You Buy: An Interview with Koa Beck, author of White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
by Sophia Kaufman

Koa Beck is the former editor-in-chief of Jezebel and co-host of “The #MeToo Memos” on WNYC’s The Takeaway. Previously, she … read more about The Lie You Buy: An Interview with Koa Beck, author of White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
by Sophia Kaufman

Painting to Empower: An Interview with Artist Harmonia Rosales
by Aya Kusch

Ever since she began her art career, Rosales’s main artistic concern has been focused on black female empowerment in western … read more about Painting to Empower: An Interview with Artist Harmonia Rosales
by Aya Kusch

Interview with Salvation Day Author Kali Wallace
by Chase Erwin

Kali Wallace was born and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She attended Brown University, where she took an … read more about Interview with Salvation Day Author Kali Wallace
by Chase Erwin

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