The 126-Year-Old White Gaze of Vogue
Why does it matter so much to have a black photographer shooting the cover of Vogue? Tyler Mitchell is the first in the magazine’s long history.
Travelers & Artists: What Happened to the Give & the Take?
We are all guests in the lives of others, and we ought to treat our hosts with not only respect, but also with genuine interest, especially if we travel far to meet them or decide to make art from their lives.
Now Where Did I Put...?
New in fiction, a short story about an absent-minded philosophy professor.
Norah Jones Sang Me a Song
A gentle man orders from a dating service, but not everything goes according to plan.
On Writing in English
“My relationship with English began with the need to forsake my origin, to renounce my identity” — Dayin Wijaya unspools the tangle between his Indonesian heritage with the prevalence of English language education in his life.
I'd Love It If We Made It
“Hip-hop seems to be our protest music du jour but for another generation, it was rock ‘n’ roll” – Vamika Sinha unpacks The 1975’s songs as modern cultural commentary in the form of millennial rock music
The Strange Man, Me, and Spaghetti
Ruobing Sabrina Zhao reimagines a fictional Murakami scene in this new poem.
Tender
Zoe Jane Patterson revisits her childhood in Al Ain, painting it with the brushstrokes of hindsight and poetic nostalgia.
the pyrenées
Samantha Neugebauer retells the story of Greek mythology’s Pyrene, and her tragic fate, in this darkly feminist poem.
Waiting
Experimental poetry by Arthur De Oliveira.
Patience
A quick bullet of a poem by Arthur De Oliveira.
Q Train
A traveler’s poem, set in New York City.
Disabilities and The Unconscious Stigmatization in Our Pop Culture
Coupled with a photographic series incorporating henna and different native languages, Maitha AlSuwaidi explores how disabilities and the language surrounding them are stigmatized in mainstream discourse.
A Black Power Emblem is Sold at Forever 21
New in style odyssey, Vamika Sinha takes us through Harlem to the Schomburg Center, and explores the beret’s history within the Black Panther movement.
The Face That Flew
In a short story comparable to Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, Zoe Jane Patterson personifies Vanity.
In a jar of sugar and sunlight
In a jar of sugar and sunlight is a series of meditations on Asian womanhood, menstruation, coming of age, and sexuality.
Call It A Persona Poem (i)
New in self-facing poetry, by Amal Al Shamsi.
What is to be done
New in poetry, by Amal Al Shamsi.
The Debt of Gratitude
New in poetry, by Dayin Wijaya.
Used to be's and not any mores
“White flesh seems sand-colored but I know it’s white because it’s supposed to be” - new introspective poetry by Amal Al Shamsi.