Special Feature: “Weight of Words” by Hussain Shah Rezaie
I couldn’t even utter the soothing sentence: It’s going to be fine…
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miCRo: “Steel beneath Your Chin” by Christopher Notarnicola
Time slows, and space contracts to the tip of a knife in Christopher Notarnicola’s fraught examination of authority, order, and dignity.
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The Power of the Prompt
Short and sweet, or long and complicated, there’s a prompt out there for every occasion and every writer.
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miCRo: “What Don’t Kill You” by Darius Simpson
At the beginning of Darius Simpson’s “What Don’t Kill You” is a heartbreaking pair of shoes in Akron, Ohio.
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From Our Contributors: Sophia Terazawa Reads “O-Graft”
Sophia Terazawa reads her poem “O-Graft” from our Issue 18.2.
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“O-Graft” by Sophia Terazawa
See more poems from Issue 18.2 by purchasing a copy in our online store. Digital copies only...
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excerpt from “Mama Is in America” by Lexi J. Lee
Russo mimicked the pimp walk he had always seen in American movies as he went around the table and...
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excerpt from “The Land of Uz” by Aleyna Rentz
It’s the first night I’ve slept over at Gerald’s. Yes, I am dating someone named Gerald. I asked...
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excerpt from “When Your City Vanishes” by Xu Xi 許素細
Because of China’s nature, there is a high possibility of conflict.—Chen Po-Wei, Taiwanese...
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“Thinking Is a Kind of Feeling That Humans Sometimes Have” by Kathryn Nuernberger
Like a lot of people, I imagine that if I make my telepathic frustration with whomever NPR is...
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