Folded Paper Wings by Carol Fischbach
“what to say to someone who has tried to commit suicide”
Poetry Suite by Anis Mojgani
“–you are better than the vocabulary you choose to use for excusing yourself”
Interview: Leigh Camacho Rourks’s Obsession
“Collecting is better than hoarding, I tell myself. Harmless.”
Nobody’s Birthday by Howie Good
“seen by others becomes how we see ourselves, the little dot above the letter ‘i.’”
Metaphors Upon Greeting Mosul, 2004, by TJ Reynolds
“a crowd of men whose eyes speak of an honest and well-earned hate”
Light in the Shade by Erin Lyndal Martin
“I lost count of how many people I kissed that night.”
Poetry Suite by Sarah Maria Medina
“Forgive me for our bending, for smelling the
hatred so close to your skin”
Antoinette, For Example, by Cooper Lee Bombardier
“I’d almost spit my spirit-gummed mustache off when someone called me a drag king”
Interview: Josh Lubin’s Obsession
“Sleep is a scam. Like Valentine’s Day, it’s an invented holiday.”
In This Body: I Stand With
“if you want to end abortion, support free birth control for fuck’s sake”