Dirty Laundry
"Like merchandise, men do not live long." This found poem by Ricky Novaes de Oliveira is composed entirely from words taken from clothes labels and tags. With artwork by Sandra Paris
Ladies in Waiting
A short story by Kayla Koontz takes place in a vague, fantastical nowhere island, offering a gendered, implicit critique of the futility of imperialist conquest
Decade of Bullets
Zimbabwean poet Mbizo Chirasha evokes the sounds of an Africa in conflict
“Aftermath” & Others, a Collage Series
Three collages by German non-binary farmer and artist Apu face the question: how do we deal with an upcoming apocalypse?
Private War: Haiku Series
Continuing the haiku series with an exploration of the battleground that is 'home' and inner torment, by Louise Gerodias.
Doris Salcedo’s “Plegaria Muda”
“Plegaria Muda”: An Anti-Memorial for Young People Who Experience Daily Violence and Trauma – new art criticism by Zoe Jane Patterson.
A True War Story
Vamika Sinha retells the water buffalo scene from Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story”, from the perspective of another soldier.
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.
Plastic Doesn't Die
A climate-focused poem by Amna Al Harmoodi.
This is the age of
“Political sexuality and heady womanhood / Pink pussy hats and banned burqas” — Tzy Jiun Tan tackles the current global climate, approaching post-capitalist apocalypse.
The Pond
New in fiction, by Zoe Jane Patterson.