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The Commuter

Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.

Human Dignity Is Contraband in This Camp

Three poems by Troy Osaki

Mar 11 - Troy Osaki
poetry

My Sensible Work Pants Have Chosen Violence

“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo

Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
Graphic Narrative

All’s Fair in Love and Optimus Prime

Two poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni

Feb 25 - Rosebud Ben-Oni
poetry
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Your Only Job Is to Ignore That Phone

Mar 22 - Hannah Gersen

Human Dignity Is Contraband in This Camp

Mar 11 - Troy Osaki

Instructions for How to Walk Through Walls

Nov 21 - Marco Maisto

Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett
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Mom Can’t Bribe Me Out of My Queerness

Two poems by Mickie Kennedy

Mar 26 - Mickie Kennedy
poetry

Portrait of a Root-Bound Writer

Four comics by Belle (Bom) Kim

Mar 19 - Belle (Bom) Kim
Graphic Narrative

True Wellness Is a Goop.com Vibrator

Two poems by Nina C. Peláez

Mar 12 - Nina C. Peláez
poetry

Soon We’ll All Be Doomscrolling on Mars

Two poems by Jan Clausen

Mar 5 - Jan Clausen
poetry

A Middling Review of Original Sin

“The Book of Eve,” flash fiction by Genevieve Abravanel

Feb 26 - Genevieve Abravanel
Prose

Staring Into the Void of a Five-Dollar Egg White

Three poems by Julia Lundy

Feb 19 - Julia Lundy
poetry

Love in the Time of Gym Class

“Presidential Fitness,” flash fiction by Rachel Mans McKenny

Feb 12 - Rachel Mans McKenny
Prose

We Will Never Stop Blooming in Our Home Soil

Two poems by Mandy Shunnarah

Feb 5 - Mandy Shunnarah
poetry

The Uncreation Story of a Black Man

“i must tell you,” a poem from SAVINGS TIME by Roya Marsh

Jan 29 - Roya Marsh
poetry
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