The Etymology of ‘Thanda / Thando’ Sihle Ntuli after E’mon Lauren’s poem ‘The Etymology of “CHUUCH!”’ [Thanda / Thando] a Nguni word meaning love though meaning tends to get confused with like / because there is no clear way to tell as in: this kind of love is so abundant […]
whose mountain am i climbing? Dana Tenille Weekes [chords howl at midnight’s melanin] i can sniff the weeds between your teeth & catch your compass twerk hard trying to thieve the north star my soles lick these fragments piled deep to embers nesting above from dusk’s rising fragments stacked to puncture a vast […]
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Contributors Aishvarya Arora is a poet, arts worker, and double Taurus from Queens, NY, where they write about grief, desire, and birds. They’ve received support from the Fulbright Program and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, where they were a Poetry Coalition Fellow. Find them on instagram @cool_slug_. Kinsey Cantrell lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her […]
Joiri Minaya Joiri Minaya, Continuum II, 2021, Archival print on Hahnemuhle FineArt Pearl paper, 11 x 14 inches. This series of collages mixes imagery that depict women and nature in the Caribbean and other tropical spaces, like Google search results, Caribbean postcards and touristic brochures, ethnographic photography, art history paintings and other sources. I’m […]
Helina Metaferia Helina Metaferia, Tapestry (Tarik Tenageri), 2023, hand stitched silk screened fabric, 12′ x 8′, On view in the 2023 Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates, Courtesy of the artist. Helina Metaferia, Tapestry (Tarik Tenageri) (detail view), 2023, hand stitched silk screened fabric, 12′ x 8′, On view in the 2023 Sharjah Biennial, United […]
Melissa Joseph Melissa Joseph, Julie with Laurie and Jeff, 2021, Linen pulp paint with abaca top sheet, 11 x 14 inches (unframed), Photo by Joe Painter. Melissa Joseph, Side 1 of_ Juice it, 2022, Needle-felted wool on industrial felt in found Archie Bray brick, Photo by Joe Painter. Melissa Joseph, Side 2 of_ […]
Christina Yuna Ko Christina Yuna Ko, Internal Arrangements, 2020, Acrylic on fiberboard/panel/back scratcher/washboard, found objects, 8 ft. x 10 ft. x 5 inches. Christina Yuna Ko, A veranda window, a slipper, and a broom, 2022, Acrylic on fiberboard, 50 x 50 x .5 inches.
Roscoè B. Thické III Roscoè B Thické III, Brown, Archival Fine Art Print, Hahnemühle Baryta Satin 300gsm, 32 x 22, 2017, The Resurrection of Reese, Cross. Roscoè B Thické III, Flow, Archival Fine Art Print, Hahnemühle Baryta Satin 300gsm, 32 x 22, 2020 Roscoè B Thické III, Timmy, Archival Fine Art Print, Hahnemühle […]
How to Speak Hokkien Siete Lin TAIWANESE IS A GAY ACCENT. My tongue is the most terrible noun. It softly hisses out the languages it’s been whipped against—furling and impish around the feathered sounds of fricatives, cutting teeth against the hard coins of words it still has to taste out: pee-kan, uh-mare-uh-kan, kun-tem-poor-anne-it-ee. […]
