“All Fours” and Taekwondo Remind Me Who I Am Beyond a Mother
Once I’m confident that I exist outside of other people’s survival and pleasure, I can forget myself
Once I’m confident that I exist outside of other people’s survival and pleasure, I can forget myself
These Saudi poems inherit a borderless land bathed in the blue light of a networked world
I've always had a close and at times uncomfortable relationship with milk and its associations
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“Tom vs. Dragon,” flash fiction by Lyndsay Hall
David Ryan’s story collection, “Alligator,” melds dream logic, experimentation, and the rigor of capturing reality’s unexpected moments
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“Tom vs. Dragon,” flash fiction by Lyndsay Hall
“Albatross” from AS IF BY MAGIC by Edgard Telles Ribeiro, translated and recommended by Margaret A. Neves
“Monsters” from I COULD BE FAMOUS by Sydney Rende, recommended by Jonathan Dee