porch Ashia Ajani “I keep a shotgun in every corner of my bedroom, and the first cracker even look like he wants to throw some dynamite on my porch won’t write his mama again.” — Fannie Lou Hamer   I keep a piece of myself on the porch. don’t test me. I have had […]

  Letter from the Editor   Dear Reader,  Thank you for being here. Amidst the deluge of interlocking political, environmental, and other catastrophes, your presence here makes our communion possible. We hope that this issue serves as both a gathering space and a balm of recognition. The following writers and artists refuse to look away […]

  Table of Contents LETTER FROM THE EDITOR POETRY Dmitri Derodel, Spanglish Day Heisinger-Nixon, Mechanisms of Blue Sydney Jin Choi, Like All the Red Things We Say to Describe Blood but Blood Itself mai c. doan, late summer 2020 Ashia Ajani, porch Sreshtha Sen, Masculine Sonnet Spencer Williams, Elegy SA Smythe, sustaining // remnants of […]