To me
In this new poem, Ruobing Sabrina Zhao writes after Kenneth Koch’s “To You.”
money
An “open call for hopes and prayers”, Vamika Sinha explores New York as both capitalist hell and heaven.
movie
Inspired by the Tom Misch song “Movie”, a love poem by Vamika Sinha.
new york
A romp of a poem showcasing the sounds, noise, music of New York City.
Paterson by Jim Jarmusch Is My Favorite Horror Movie.
A film review as a poem, Arthur De Oliveira considers this unusual Jim Jarmusch movie.
For Sabina
“I want to split each person I meet with a scalpel / Like a surgeon, and let the galaxies come pouring out” – Zoe Jane Patterson seeks out a life lived like artwork.
Masturbation
A look at one’s own sins, new fiction where “masturbation is a lot like dream-making.”
The Catch up Recipe Poem
Arthur De Oliveira explores the creative process in this unusual form. .
With You I Breathe
“My mother is the greatest feminist I know” – a daughter learns and unlearns the manifestos passed down to her by birth.
The Poet
“But if Rupi can rake in the money with line breaks and / Taylor’s feminism can inspire naïve joy / Maybe I still qualify as underground music…” – take a look inside Tzy Jiun Tan’s poetry book.
Innocence Lost
“My heart is a blow-up doll fucked loose” – what does a young girl gain and sacrifice as she grows up into a woman?
I am unfortunately sentimental
"How can you be such a slut for accommodation?" asks Anita Shishani in a new poem on home and belonging.
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Fruit Bowls in Art are the [expectations] of a Strong CV.
Arthur de Oliveira examines what it takes to be an earning artist under late stage capitalism.
A KKK Kidnapping, The Love Laws, and The Shape of Water
Zoe Jane Patterson weaves together Arundhati Roy’s writing with the film The Shape of Water, to make a commentary about love, race and unspoken social laws.
Doctor Says
Examining the “blue light” of social media on the brain.
A Norse Lie
A play set in the 9th century, by Julian Carrera.
Swimming in the Ashes of My Man
A short story set in Red Temple village, by Ruobing Sabrina Zhao.
Danny, the Lonely Blue Boy
New fiction set in America, by Ruobing Sabrina Zhao.
Aisle
An experimental poem by Amal Al Shamsi.
Panic grass
A girl relenting to the loss of innocence, embracing power, sexuality, and female agency in a “man’s world.”