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Issue 20 - Food Thirangie Jayatilake Issue 20 - Food Thirangie Jayatilake

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“remind / my taste buds that they are alive” – in this evocative poem, Thirangie Jayatilake relishes the foods that connect her to families and cities.

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what kind of city is florence?
Issue 17 Jamie Uy Issue 17 Jamie Uy

what kind of city is florence?

“how to reconcile this heaven of art with the hell you read of in dante’s inferno / of corrupt florentines and popes who abused their office / how to see past the peeling paint / to demolished jewish quarters and feuding noblemen and the scorched poor and their burned-down houses” – new in invisible cities, Jamie Uy writes about her time in Italy.

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self-ish
Issue 08 Vamika Sinha Issue 08 Vamika Sinha

self-ish

“In a TV show, I’d be a supporting character you might feel conflicted about. I have spent too many moments of my life aspiring to be white” - inspired by Lyn Heijinian, Vamika Sinha prods at encapsulating identity in writing in this new prose poem.

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money
Issue 07 Vamika Sinha Issue 07 Vamika Sinha

money

An “open call for hopes and prayers”, Vamika Sinha explores New York as both capitalist hell and heaven.

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