Can an Exhibition Memorialize the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent?
Arundhati Kalyan reviews ‘Proposals for a Memorial to Partition’ at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre, probing the question of whether art, curation, and current conceptions of memorialization can do justice to a tragic historical event of this scale
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
What’s a vacation, Mr. Roque?
A trio of haiku in response to a statement by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque that Filipinos are on vacation because of COVID-19
The High Priestess / A Főpapnő
Hungarian poet, anarchist, and occultist Laszlo Aranyi offers a richly political poem, with an English translation by Gabor Gyukics
DEAR COMMISSAR
The poem that's had enough. Enough of the "herbal tea of change rhetoric," enough of hypocritical politics, enough of government-induced suffering
LETTER TO AMERIKA
A poem addressed to "war cooked in labs and ideologies hatched in test tubes," people "stripped of song," and foreign cultures recycled in ivory towers. Mbizo Chirasha dreams of a land of freedom that is actually free
Moving Beyond the US: #BlackLivesMatter and Decolonization
“The white hegemonic structures killing Black people in the U.S. are the same structures allowing Israel to annex Palestine” – Tom Abi Samra’s new essay examines the BLM movement in tandem with Arab politics.
Haiku Series: Body Parts
Continuing our haiku series with a meditation on the politics of self-love, by Louise Gerodias.
Everyone Wants a Working Class Origin Story Without having a Working Class Origin Story
“The problem in America then and now is that we muddle morality and social class. The bigger problem is that our country’s only worthy narrative is the rags to riches motif” – Samantha Neugebauer discusses class inequality and the American dream in this new essay.
The Historical is the Personal — Reflections on Postcolonial Guilt, Mi Koo Buns, and Writing History
In this incredible essay, Tzy Jiun Tan brings together food, personal history, languages, postcolonialism and myths to talk about human narrative.
absence of the latina intellectual: some abstract theory for your ass
New in milk & vodka, a searing poem about agency, sexuality and discrimination of women, by Kim Morales.
please see where the blood is darkest on my drawn brow
“the blood on my face diasporic / traveling down my cheek, a bumpy continent” - Kim Morales’ new poem evokes female violence and hints at the trauma of miscarriage.
Drag the Red
Zoe Jane Patterson prods at the misrepresentation of and violence towards Indigenous women in Canada, in this new poem.
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.
Frida Kahlo, Making Herself an Exhibit
Samantha Neugebauer reflects on her experience of the current London exhibition titled "Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up."
a history of pet monkeys with camille alaphilippe
Poetry inspired by Camille Alaphilippe’s La femme au singe on view at the Musée d’Orsay, by Samantha Neugebauer.
A name
A personal meditation on being othered due to a foreign, non-Anglicized name.
Coloring in the Lines: Diversity in Publishing and Mainstream Literature
From the heart of New York’s indie publishing scene, Vamika Sinha critiques the lack of true representation and diversity in the publishing industry.
Californian Encounter
The author encounters a curious man at Union Station. New in fiction
Heart, Star, Winky Face
A biting satirical poem on the social media age and identity.