Kaashif Hajee 9/23/21 Kaashif Hajee 9/23/21

The Pandemic Radically Altered My Relationship with India. I Don’t Know If I Can Ever Go Back

A personal essay explores navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the surrounding political turmoil, and their effects on identity and belonging

Maggie Weiler 9/13/21 Maggie Weiler 9/13/21

Hypochondria

A piece of snarky short fiction about a young woman worrying about the feeling in her neck

Postscript Magazine 9/13/21 Postscript Magazine 9/13/21

A Note from the Editor: Issue 40

Amatan Noor 9/13/21 Amatan Noor 9/13/21

Two Poems

With influences from Angel Nafis, queer Bangladeshi poet Amatan Noor spins an acerbic bite out of everyday realities and structures

Zihan Ye 9/13/21 Zihan Ye 9/13/21

When the park is sick

Chinese artist Zihan Ye’s short film is a quirky, miniature and stop-motion filled narrative of going through change

Mariam AlZayani 9/13/21 Mariam AlZayani 9/13/21

Childhood, revisited

In this visual art series, Mariam AlZayani attempts to “clone” herself in an attempt to interrogate and manipulate her childhood and memory via creativity

Hal 9/13/21 Hal 9/13/21

Flesh Love All

This issue’s cover star, Flesh Love All is a photo series by Japanese photographer Hal, where he vacuum seals families and couples in their home environment

Serena Alagappan 9/13/21 Serena Alagappan 9/13/21

Red Moon

Serena Alagappan’s poem “Red Moon” weaves the vulnerabilities and intimacies of forming relationships with others and with God and all the pain and love that comes in between

Von-der By 9/13/21 Von-der By 9/13/21

In Our Understanding the Self Class

TW: sexual assault
A poem by Von-der By that looks at the ugliness and trauma of a personal history and its impact on sexuality

Vamika Sinha 9/13/21 Vamika Sinha 9/13/21

august

A seasonal poem imagines something new, something better

Smrithi Nair 9/13/21 Smrithi Nair 9/13/21

full

TW: eating disorder

A formally bold, experimental piece of free verse that explores a relationship with the body that feels often unrequited

Louise Coghill 9/13/21 Louise Coghill 9/13/21

The Fire

Looking at the ‘sickness’ that occurs in the environment, Louise Coghill’s photo series documents a fire ravaging a 25-year-old family home

Hannah Siden 9/13/21 Hannah Siden 9/13/21

My Heart Monitor Yells at Me Whenever I Try to Run Now

Hannah Siden explores the realities of chronic illness through verse

Leo Joseph 9/13/21 Leo Joseph 9/13/21

Razor Blade Gummy Bears

Razor Blade Gummy Bears observes the sickly fascination with sweetness as poison, its absurdity and allure made tangible in the form of gleaming translucent resin.