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1 Essay by Kathy Mak
Living Up I wonder what people think of me when they see me. An Asian girl with short black hair, thick framed glasses, bulky clothing,...

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Mar 2, 20195 min read
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3 Poems by Lannie Stabile
Kyss Mig Inspired by the Swedish film Kyss Mig She leans in amid a background of deer We, the bevy, are petrified like Christmas...

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Mar 2, 20191 min read
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5 Poems by Juliette Sebock
Engulfed You managed to pick the only one I liked less than myself in that moment. But I tried, again, for you because you taught me too...

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Mar 2, 20192 min read
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4 Poems by Wanda Delgane
The Girl With No Name He says, She climbed on and rode me but I don’t remember an invitation coming out of my mouth. I don’t remember...

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Mar 2, 20194 min read
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1 Poem by Erick Fernandez
Mixtape for Janice Two spirals of tape filled with lyrics of yesterday As they spin, sing a melody of love and heartbreak Track one...

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Mar 2, 20191 min read
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3 Poems by Karla Nemanic
Alma Cuerpo Masa My mother says a soul Can find its way into a body At any given time It can entrench itself in your masa Like my...

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Mar 2, 20192 min read
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1 Poem by Kayla Bashe
Disease Vector You said I did not deserve to hold a test tube with the same hands that held a cane Said I did not deserve to hold a...

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Mar 2, 20192 min read
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1 Essay by Ria Valdez
THE BODY IN SHADOWS I. When my lover undressed me for the first time, I told her to turn the lights off. I was a senior in college and...

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Mar 2, 201911 min read
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1 Essay by Ria Valdez
OUR BREW Caffeine and alcohol could either start a relationship, or end it. For J and I, it was both. There were three things I...

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Mar 2, 201917 min read
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3 Poems by Ria Valdez
Bike ride, 8:18pm I had sneaked away again. The moon leading me to where roads sprouted as I pedaled away. Each road, another question of...

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Mar 2, 20193 min read
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Photography by Tucker Lieberman
Tucker Lieberman's photographs have recently appeared in Barren, Royal Rose, and Paper Trains; his art in Burning House; his poems in...

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Mar 2, 20191 min read
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3 Poems by Nashira Rose
Nonbinary lesbian my body is not a question mark, but if it was, I would be the only one who could benefit from the ...

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Mar 1, 20192 min read
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3 Poems by Ruth Anne Garcia
Broken Glass Broken glass, drifting in the air, spilling all over the tile flooring. Swept up and discarded in a bin, never to be saved,...

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Mar 1, 20193 min read
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5 Poems by gc cohen
there will be many times you will wonder what the hell you saw in them we all sometimes accidentally look up and stare into the sun for a...

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Mar 1, 20191 min read
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3 Poems by Gervanna Stephens
A grove of spirits If belief kills and cures then this spirit yearning in my bones must be a begotten nightmare, swiftly palms yield...

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Mar 1, 20192 min read
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1 Poem by Kimberly Te
Rose Colored Mirror I realized that I saw myself more like the way he saw me. The way that my imperfections didn’t exist. How the things...

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Mar 1, 20191 min read
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4 Poems by Olivia Arieti
The Lake The water Still and adamant Lies in its wintry Basin Deprived Of the wisdom Of the river, Of the grandeur Of the sea Yet it...

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Mar 1, 20191 min read
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Flash Fiction by Emily Deibler
The Witch’s Daughter The stories speak of gnarled cypresses, branches like a dark god's crown. Spanish moss, the bangs of the swamp,...

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Mar 1, 20192 min read
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Poetry by Emily Deibler
Daddy Issues Daddy issues are always an issue put on the girl, the plump pomegranate snaked down, seeds falling like bloody teeth. Oh,...

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Mar 1, 20192 min read
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Poetry by Rachel Small
Arsonist Lover She breaks cinnamon sticks against her teeth and pretends to breathe fire, of dark red smoke that might curl from her...

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Feb 25, 20192 min read
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