Poetry

Monique Marani

on the habits and private rites of the married Wordsworths

William and Dorothy Wordsworth had been known to lie on the ground and imagine their bodies beside one another in the grave. awaiting...

Julie Benesh

Paying It Forward

Almost every month I worried until it came I was intact, virginal, but PMS rendered me paranoid visions of sperm seeping as advice...

Evan Benedict

Sheets of Ink

how can i ink you down when there’s no word for “eyes of wildflower and vine?” for the way our bodies meet at the hips, trench your...

J.B. Fredkin

Wordless

I will shuffle into today through the garage door where I’ll collect a high octane anxiety with old coffee grounds and soft boiled...

Preeti Talwai

"Colonoscopy Prep," "Glass Squid," and "Hematoma"

Preeti Talwai writes from the California coast, where she is also a researcher at Google. Her work has been published or is forthcoming...

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