Editor’s Note
For this issue, we want to know what it means to take action amid the everyday crises that we are living through, and what that action can look like: gathering our resources, our people, our time.
The Cost of Waiting
What are we even waiting for, and where is the line between resting, recuperating, giving up, and irresponsible avoidance?
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ReadIn the Belly of the Whale
Last night I dreamt of / walking to Auger Beach / at dusk / only to find the tide / too high again: -
ReadOn the Off Chance I Am Not Alone Forever • What Are The Boys Doing On Their Camping Trip?
I buy an old city bus, which will / whisk me away from this sinkhole I’m circling. -
ReadI know I still believe
in people. That whatever gods / I choose, I choose to love -
ReadAt the Cut
The American dentist who shot Cecil the Lion once said, If I had known this animal had a name … I obviously wouldn’t have killed it. -
ReadGood Immigrant Girl • Journal
This is how you keep your head down; this is how you thank God for this country: loudly so they hear / you; -
ReadMourning — Landscape
We’ve come to Des Moines for the funeral. Fitting / place: I’ve driven through every time I was leaving home to live / somewhere new. -
ReadThe Art of Waiting
1. Start with a name / By the end of this pamphlet, you will be able to practice the art of waiting in three simple steps. -
Read{}s of history • crush conference & craft lessons on the moon
At the beginning of my future is me. At the end of my past, also me. -
ReadPortrait of My Body in the Land of X
In the photos taken before I wore it, the gown hangs from a grape arbor. -
ReadFirst Fried Chicken at the University of Michigan
I tore through the Target, Hurricane Hooper hellbent / on proving that his skin was / crisp enough -
ReadNot Vanishing
It’s Monday morning, April 2020, and I am trying to see if my dad has had a stroke from 800 miles away. -
Readfictional finalism
maryland turns into my mother’s favorite place. -
ReadHoly Land, Holy Life
On October 10th, 2023, I rediscover a keffiyeh — a traditional Palestinian scarf — while unpacking boxes in my new apartment in Seattle. -
ReadA Young Woman’s Guide to Self-Deportation
Wait a year, or two, or ten. Or maybe you’ll wait two decades — squeezing through the cracks in eVerify and RealID until the bureaucratic walls grow too high and you must go under. -
ReadI Turn on Democracy Now! to Hear
Amy’s finally cleared up whatever’s been stuck in her throat.
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Issue 16ReadProximities
What are we as humans surrounded by — do we choose to surround ourselves with — and how do we situate ourselves within language? -
Issue 1ReadPerception Gaps
Might the plasticity of our language be responsible for the gaps between us?