Spectacular Faults
Issue 43 - Alpha Sondra R. Brooks Issue 43 - Alpha Sondra R. Brooks

Spectacular Faults

TW: physical and sexual abuse

An excerpt from Sondra R. Brooks’ unpublished memoir, this personal essay paints a childhood haunted by the damaging spectre of hypermasculine, alpha father figures

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Flee
Issue 42 - Arrival Augusté Nomekaité Issue 42 - Arrival Augusté Nomekaité

Flee

In this rich personal essay, Augusté Nomekaité feels the weight of history on her Lithuanian identity, family, dating life, and her grappling with the horrors of the present: the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Consuming My Country
Issue 29 Isabella Peralta Issue 29 Isabella Peralta

Consuming My Country

“Before the Philippines’ war on drugs and long before World War II, Japanese migrants brought [halo-halo] to my country” – Isabella Peralta examines her Filipina heritage through a popular local dessert.

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Hungry City
Issue 24 Vamika Sinha Issue 24 Vamika Sinha

Hungry City

A sprawling essay engaging with ramen, New York, Teju Cole’s fiction, and hyphenated identities, by Vamika Sinha.

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Noxchi Eats Galnish
Issue 20 - Food Anita Shishani Issue 20 - Food Anita Shishani

Noxchi Eats Galnish

“Garlic, heavy salty bone broth, steaming pasta-like galnish and tender lamb: the way to any Chechen’s heart” – Anita Shishani discusses galnish, a food integral to her memory and heritage.

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