Highlighting recently released and forthcoming works by marginalized creators Black Avatar and Other Essays by Amit Majmudar Black Avatar and Other Essays is the first nonfiction collection by internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, and translator Amit Majmudar. Combining elements of memoir, biography, history, and literary criticism, the eight pieces in this deeply engaging volume reflect the […]
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with Images & Phrases from Shakespeare’s sonnets for C.M. Nathan Erwin is a land-based poet who was raised on the Allegheny Plateau, the northernmost tier of Appalachia. An IAF and Harvard-trained organizer, Erwin currently operates at Boston Medical Center to prevent overdose deaths and at the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust building healthy futures for farmers and […]
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The cedar chest lives in the living room. I am six, cracking its polished skull open to the lightasking Mom why it smells so funny— Cedar protects the delicates like fabrics and old papers from being eaten by moths keeps everything dry from mold, fungus, oils, fumes. You know this part in the story. She doesn’t come back. A […]
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it’s wild that some homophobes think queerness emerges from a lack a victim chalk outline where some better dad should be where pavement collects and america is a freedom ambulance stuck in freedom traffic bald eagle tears rotten apple in this scenario only one can live a broken […]
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The summer before she met Ben, Gwen had a bad sexual experience. It hadn’t quite been rape, she didn’t think. He just hadn’t been very well-behaved. She didn’t relay the bad behaviour to friends. To them he was just the entomologist who kissed like a fish. To them it was funny. She had nightmares about […]
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Lucy Liu is a grade 9th high school student at the Academy of the Canyons located in Valencia, CA. They started to learn drawing at age five and enjoy drawing to express their feelings and thoughts.
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West Branch is currently looking for a remote Associate Poetry Editor and Associate Fiction Editor. For the Associate Poetry Editor (compensation: $4000/year) position, applicants should have experience working with literary journals, an MFA in poetry, a strong publication record, and no more than one published book. For the Associate Fiction Editor (compensation: $4000/year) position, applicants […]
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Chicken Hekka is a dish originating from the plantation era. It is a Hawaiian version of Japanese sukiyaki and is still popular today. Cook time: 5 generations and approximately 45 minutes Ingredients: 1. Boneless chicken breast 2. Dried Shiitake mushrooms 3. White planter elite to oust Queen Lili’uokalani 4. Canned straw mushroom 5. Long rice […]
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Translated from the Kurdish by Kareem Abdulrahman Archipelago Books Release date: January 24, 2023 direct quotations from the text appear as highlighted italics During a war, people are always broken. Sometimes the fragments find one another, and with enough heat even the smallest pieces of sand can be turned into glass, but finding one another isn’t […]
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You are ghost to me, caught in the rectangleOf progress, the YouTubification of socialInteraction, fitting for a boy (a man) withoutTheory of mind. Numbed to commands of tooMany metal mothers, you become request-makingMachine; I, your playlist, the half hour between startStop. Repeated as if start was Center and center|Everything. Same songs sung into the wishingWeal […]
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Nathan Erwin is a land-based poet who was raised on the Allegheny Plateau, the northernmost tier of Appalachia. An IAF and Harvard-trained organizer, Erwin currently operates at Boston Medical Center to prevent overdose deaths and at the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust building healthy futures for farmers and land stewards. His writing has most recently appeared in Ninth […]
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VAGABOND CITY 