A Journalist From Palestine
Narmeen Hamadeh’s work places deep importance on the Arab footprint, emphasizing her Palestinian heritage
The Carrying
Polish artist Martyna Benedyka's duo of paintings sees human hands as beautiful tools we carry and use to carry
ruin
A personal meditation within an existentially fraught world. New in poetry, by Vamika Sinha.
out of (the) blue
“what is new in the world is not / bombs in yemen or / the plateauing of tragedy inside / a single body” – a poem for the times, by Samantha Neugebauer.
Hearts and Brains.
Dissonance between love and logic. A thoughtful short poem by Arthur De Oliveira.
A Concert for Plastic Bottles
How can humans begin to befriend plastic? This piece stems from an assignment that involved creating a 5-minute concert where both humans and a mass of empty water bottles were considered part of the audience.
Antagonism
A satirical short story about ants, fascists, and genocide.
The Origin of Human Empathy
Zoe Jane Patterson traces the human need for and dependence on genuine empathy. What is it, and can it be learned?