Henry Hu 10/28/21 Henry Hu 10/28/21

Passing Parade

In this photographic series, Henry Hu focuses on the stolen moments in between

Wilda Morris 10/28/21 Wilda Morris 10/28/21

Teatime

A small rainy day poem over a cup of Bengal Spice. With an accompanying multimedia piece by Malak Quota

Mashael Alsaie 10/28/21 Mashael Alsaie 10/28/21

Writing

Bahraini artist Mashael Alsaie’s poetry experiments and plays with language, memory and childhood – both bildungsroman and encapsulation of wry melancholia

Thom Atkinson 10/28/21 Thom Atkinson 10/28/21

Tea

Thom Atkinson’s ‘Tea’ series looks at the quiet rituals of tea drinking and examines the micro-theatre surrounding the British cup of tea.

Robert Harrison 10/28/21 Robert Harrison 10/28/21

Tea with Lemon

TEA WITH LEMON (dir. Robert Harrison) is a quirky indie comedy film about a clueless poet/café regular who attempts to charm a waitress by learning her mother tongue. But she is too preoccupied by her failing marriage to notice his futile efforts

Livia Fālcaru 10/28/21 Livia Fālcaru 10/28/21

Matcha Adventure

Livia Fālcaru’s whimsical and quirky illustrations describe her warm, comforting relationship with green tea

Danabelle Gutierrez 10/28/21 Danabelle Gutierrez 10/28/21

All of that Damned Alice Imagery

A love poem colored by Alice in Wonderland. With art by Marina Alaeva

John Osborne 10/28/21 John Osborne 10/28/21

Two Poems

‘Looking for the tea bags’ and ‘The milk aisle’ are two poems by John Osborne that navigate care, grief, loss, and love through the ordinary paraphernalia of tea ingredients

Oliver Herbert 10/28/21 Oliver Herbert 10/28/21

A 2B is always better.

Oliver Herbert’s stark poetry looks at the divisions and realities of Dubai life through the medium of sketching. With art by Mashael Alsaie

Vamika Sinha 10/28/21 Vamika Sinha 10/28/21

mint tea: a summertime lyric

A piece of free verse from Rabat, Morocco, where a woman navigates (mis)belonging, visas, and mobility

Kaashif Hajee 9/23/21 Kaashif Hajee 9/23/21

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

Maggie Weiler 9/13/21 Maggie Weiler 9/13/21

Hypochondria

A piece of snarky short fiction about a young woman worrying about the feeling in her neck

Postscript Magazine 9/13/21 Postscript Magazine 9/13/21

A Note from the Editor: Issue 40

Amatan Noor 9/13/21 Amatan Noor 9/13/21

Two Poems

With influences from Angel Nafis, queer Bangladeshi poet Amatan Noor spins an acerbic bite out of everyday realities and structures

Zihan Ye 9/13/21 Zihan Ye 9/13/21

When the park is sick

Chinese artist Zihan Ye’s short film is a quirky, miniature and stop-motion filled narrative of going through change

Mariam AlZayani 9/13/21 Mariam AlZayani 9/13/21

Childhood, revisited

In this visual art series, Mariam AlZayani attempts to “clone” herself in an attempt to interrogate and manipulate her childhood and memory via creativity

Hal 9/13/21 Hal 9/13/21

Flesh Love All

This issue’s cover star, Flesh Love All is a photo series by Japanese photographer Hal, where he vacuum seals families and couples in their home environment

Serena Alagappan 9/13/21 Serena Alagappan 9/13/21

Red Moon

Serena Alagappan’s poem “Red Moon” weaves the vulnerabilities and intimacies of forming relationships with others and with God and all the pain and love that comes in between

Von-der By 9/13/21 Von-der By 9/13/21

In Our Understanding the Self Class

TW: sexual assault
A poem by Von-der By that looks at the ugliness and trauma of a personal history and its impact on sexuality

Vamika Sinha 9/13/21 Vamika Sinha 9/13/21

august

A seasonal poem imagines something new, something better