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The Commuter

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Frida Deserved Better Than Diego’s Coconut

Two ekphrastic poems by Danilo Marin

Dec 10 - Danilo Marin
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My Nipples Are a Public Safety Hazard

Two poems by Weiji Wang

Nov 26 - Weiji Wang
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Blood and Guts Were Our First Language

“what i can teach you,” a poem by Eshani Surya

Nov 19 - Eshani Surya
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We Are All Winter Now

Feb 4 - Kathleen Heil

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Aug 8 - Mandy Shunnarah

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Sep 26 - Perry Janes

Questions for My White Therapist

Aug 2 - Vasantha Sambamurti
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The See-Through Heart of the Swallow

Seven tanka by Shizuka Omori, translated by Yuki Tanaka

May 21 - Shizuka Omori & Yuki Tanaka
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The Yam Peel’s Reinvention Has Nothing on Mine

Two poems by Hassan A. Usman

May 14 - Hassan A. Usman
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I’ll Always Be Your Lemon Daddy

Two poems by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

Apr 30 - Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi
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Mom Can’t Bribe Me Out of My Queerness

Two poems by Mickie Kennedy

Mar 26 - Mickie Kennedy
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True Wellness Is a Goop.com Vibrator

Two poems by Nina C. Peláez

Mar 12 - Nina C. Peláez
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Soon We’ll All Be Doomscrolling on Mars

Two poems by Jan Clausen

Mar 5 - Jan Clausen
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Staring Into the Void of a Five-Dollar Egg White

Three poems by Julia Lundy

Feb 19 - Julia Lundy
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We Will Never Stop Blooming in Our Home Soil

Two poems by Mandy Shunnarah

Feb 5 - Mandy Shunnarah
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The Uncreation Story of a Black Man

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

Jan 29 - Roya Marsh
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