Nashira is an Afro-Pinay/Polynesian artist & activist from Cebu. She uses art as a weapon to champion for the rise & recognition of women...

Battling Suicide Four reasons To not give up: Three, the names Of my siblings. Four, my own. Matt Smith is an Afro-Latin, Queer, and...

girl-children of the coast See, it was summer back then. My skin was sticky with sweat and my mouth, with your gloss. I remember...

You have a chapbook forthcoming, Surface Area, can you tell us about it? What were your motives writing this chapbook? My upcoming...

Manly Stew for the Sexist Soul Introducing a brand new “beef” stew! Hey, sexists! And those who don’t realize they are! are you sick of...

Sobriety I have a love-hate relationship with sobriety. sometimes I’d want to make out with sobriety, but other times their natural...

I remember on the last day of fifth grade, Mrs. Lowerre read to my class, a picture book by Patricia Polacco titled Thank you, Mr....

Transgression When out-of-town children ask my gender, I tell them I’m a witch. –Charlie Bondhus 2013 If they had any identity at all, it...

Bubbles This is supposed to be a still moment, one where I sit, face made up, so when the light flashes, the lens captures what I don't...

Do you still think I look like Kimya Dawson? You said I looked just like her and I can’t tell if it’s because we share the same shade of...

Memory- A sweet moment of forever, In the palm of my hand. A delicious breath of eternity, Flows down my arm. Forever young in my mind,...

Worst Case/Best Case: What would happen if I told you I love you? Worst Case, Worst Case, you turn away. I lose again, abandonment. Best...

1 AM Musings And so we find ourselves Trapped in the most remarkable Weakness The smooth back and warm arms I think of first At night...

Invocation To Daughters by Barbara Jane Reyes City Lights Spotlight Series No. 16. 2017. Review by: Carla Sofia Ferreira Content warning:...

We know that you are handling both writing poetry and plays. How do they nourish each other? I believe that all writing is related to...

Mother’s Day 2019 A mother is one thing and more, blessing the world with her full womb. She is radiant, a portion of moon – all she sees...

Rajshri’s a writer and passionate about photography and videography. She adores every little detail of nature, like the way the raindrops...

at a catholic elementary school I watched kids kill bees out of fear— little rich volleyball kids. their playground had a wooden gate. A...

"There are stories that are sacred. We hold them as a new mother might, supporting them in the crook of our arm or holding them tight to...

Feeding humanity Today, I almost ate a beetle. It was in the colander that my watery pasta sloshed around in while being drained. I...