WE ARE A COLLECTION & CELEBRATION OF HUMANITY
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WE ARE A COLLECTION & CELEBRATION OF HUMANITY ·
The Editors’ favorites from the latest issue. The Best of the Best. Crème de la crème. Really good art.
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fiction by
Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots
Mudra Rakshasa-Loots crafts a beautiful examination of a life remembered. In the last moments of your life, how will you look back at the memories you have. How will you remember your experiences and yourself? Does it even matter once you’re gone?
In mere seconds we travel through the memories of Faiz as he contemplates his life’s journey, identity, and his very sense of self. Queer. Indian. Artist. The puzzle pieces that form Faiz intersect in their own unique ways. We dance through them as he meets his end, in a way that is more bright than it is sad. This is not a story about death but a story about life and the essence a life is made of.
TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter, FICTION EDITOR
CHEETAH PRINT & ESTROGEN
poetry by
ALUKAH
In a bold tone with no apologies, ALUKAH displays trans ferocity within existence. Refusing to be coy or restrained they voice the overwhelming feeling of “cis people being in trans peoples business.”
They draw a line of identity in which cisgendered gay people have conveniently forgotten who fought for their rights to begin with. The poem contends with such themes and ALUKAH is not afraid to didactically call out those who have turned away to ignore rampant trans violence.
Oli Villescas, POETRY EDITOR
MOLTON, Alan Bern
This piece just visually pops. The textures alone are to die for, and the decision to use wet and cold objects to evoke images of flowing magma is wonderful. The dips and wells of this flaking, soaked wood mimics the slow and shifting magma of an ever-changing earth. That gel-like rock (or perhaps rock-like gel) on the right passes light right through, as if glowing and fizzling itself.
Minhee Kim, ART EDITOR
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Yearbook 2023
Our annual print anthology featuring the editors favorite pieces we published in 2023.
This issue was created in solidarity with our global community, and includes essays about Palestine, global anti-Blackness & anti-Africaness, and the nuances of Armenian identity.
We unequivocally support Palestine, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and any other peoples who seek liberation.
BREAKING NEWS
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