Hyperobject
By Chase Cate “The assumption that Derrida always knows what he is talking about is not Derridean.” - Timothy Morton How to map the...
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Dec 6, 20221 min read
You must believe your mother a proper darling, or an absolute enemy
By Akhila Pingali so when the gold in her ear catches the sun, it does not set fire to your eye. Your body, in circular purgatory— your...
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Winter Disguised as a Love Poem
By Amanda Roth after Matthew Olzmann So here’s what I’ve got, the reasons why our marriage might work: Because even after all this time,...
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My Mother and I
By Paula Gil-Ordoñez Gomez Our tongues were barely sweet save for summer banquets of condensed Milk and ripe mango magic. I inherited a...
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In a Historic Vanishing Act
By Rebecca Martin the woman with blunt force trauma from thousands of years ago gets back her face but not her name. In the podcast about...
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Homeward Bound
By Ariana Lee For Tai Nai Nai My Tai Nai Nai had a premonition that I would be a dancer. It happened in a flash, like the white-hot flash...
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Far Away
By Miranda Michalowski In this version of what happens you have fallen from a tree. You have hurt your ankle and I am telling you we...
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Spaldeen
By Ann Calandro ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Ann Calandro is a writer,...
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The Renal System
By Randi Clemens __________________________________________________________________________________________ Randi Clemens is a poet,...
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Yearbook Pantoum
By Carson Sandell Kindergartners lined up in black and white, boys photographed mid-shove on metal benches girls allongé in laughter....
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two-tongued bodies
By Jasmine Kuar it’s a quiet day and we sit on the grass, the sun’s presence muted by the clouds. her hair is long, and that’s important....
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Post-op
By Cara Peterhansel This time, my legs can swing over the side of the table. I present my knee to be appraised. Look how well it can...
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Medical History
By Max Gillette Finally given the usual clipboard & chewed pen, I scan the familiar items (Do you have a family history of...) & notice a...
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I'm Something of a Scientist Myself
By Gretchen Rockwell Background I don’t say this because I have written about black holes, carcinization, iridescence, narwhals, acacias,...
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fucking while broken
By Carina Stopenski bit lip split lip i have waited for you buck your hips i’m sorry that i can’t move mountains for you i...
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anatomical autonomy
By Pragya Dhiman her body, the warzone isn’t hers. like a good democracy, it is the people’s and they will decide what to do with it....
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