In Unanswerable Times
A response to our impossible present. We are living between the insufficiency and violence of language. Still, words matter. Because in a single word is a world: a name, a land, a future, a home. When you string enough words together, you create a narrative. And so we know this intimately, too: narratives matter, especially the ones that are being silenced, oppressed, and erased. As we’ve seen time and again and today, narrative is the foundation — a political prerequisite — for war and genocide. No violence occurs in a vacuum. Like many others, we are feeling the shared outrage of this moment, and we are at a loss for…
Introducing the 18 voices of Issue 16 winter edition
The second half of the issue is a literary powerhouse. Earlier this year, we were thrilled to share the 15 incredible voices that made up the summer edition of Issue 16: Proximities. (You can read some really nice things that our editors had to say about their pieces here, and peruse the entire issue here.) And now, as the weather turns, we’re shining a light on the 18 voices who comprise our winter edition of the issue, rounding out a conversation that began back in fall 2022, just about a year ago now. Talk about a full circle moment. As you may recall, we opened up the call for submissions…
The first half of Issue 16: Proximities is here
We’re excited to introduce 15 new voices to the TSW community. Solstice has arrived, and with it, the first half of Issue 16: Proximities. And what an abundance of talent it is! Within this issue, you’ll read about one contributor’s relationship to material possessions; flit between poems about the strain of diaspora and the distance between generations; sink into one writer’s rumination on queer motherhood; and contemplate how close friendships can fall apart over time. Read the issue in full There are poems about climate change, gender, borders, and flowers; pieces about agency, selfhood, and the sort of grief that rips right through your inner scaffolding. Our contributors tackle topics…
Introducing our 2023 Rhinebeck residents
Saba Keramati, Jennifer Tan, Jody Chan, and Nita Noveno In July 2023, we will be welcoming four writers to our annual two-week writing residency in Rhinebeck, New York: Saba Keramati, Jennifer Tan, Jody Chan, and Nita Noveno. We had the chance to work with each previously, as they are all past contributors to our annual literary publication — ranging from our second issue back in 2016 to Issue 16, which publishes this month — and now, we’ll have the opportunity to co-work alongside them at The Crystal Cottage. Located on 27 acres of disappearing paths in the towering greens and blues of upstate New York, our two-week Rhinebeck Residency is…
Art in the space of social issues
