ESSAY

My Year of Light

By ELINA ZHANG

Need I remind you of the properties of light? The way that it indiscriminately fills up any space that allows it in; how it does not hold back or intimidate; how it is simultaneously pragmatic and holy?

MICRO

From PARTY POLITICS

By KYLE CARRERO LOPEZ

There’s part of me, probably, that feels safe letting men
let me down, I write while leaving.

COMICS

Smoke

By KATIE NIELAND

But at 36, I can leave
Wash the smoke off.


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2 Feb 2023

FICTION

The cover of "Tell Me What You See" which features the letters of the title arranged as if part of an eye exam.

I go to prepare a place for you

By TERENA ELIZABETH BELL

1) There are mai tais. I’ve never seen you with a mai tai, don’t know what even goes in a mai tai, but the mai tais are there for me.

1 Feb 2023

POETRY

Image shows sprigs of wheat in sharp focus in the foreground, with a sunrise or set over water in the background, coloring the photo orange, pink, and purple in blurred focus.

Ghazal: Morning

By MAJDA GAMA

Over many rooftops the world glitters for us, in a sky bereft of ancestors.

31 Jan 2023

IN SOLIDARITY

The Capitol building dome at night, yellow caution tape in the foreground

The Other Side of Imagination

By AURIELLE MARIE

This month, consider what resources you find yourself in abundance of if you are not Black. And if you are, which resources this month are you reclaiming?