Fiction Special Feature: “Self-Care,” by Brett Hymel Jr.
Only an elite few stories take up residence in your memory as visceral reading experiences. Brett Hymel Jr.’s “Self-Care” is one such story.
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Writers’ Day Jobs: Gabrielle Grace Hogan
Gabrielle Grace Hogan, writer for Autostraddle and a poet.
“The Last Animal to Arrive in the Kingdom” by Gabrielle Grace Hogan
title taken from Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem I walked like a rage into the body of my life, which insisted the end of grief camein the fulfillment of desire, but desire, like loneliness, is a hunger it willcome back I muzzled grief I desired with a desire beyond desireI repeated the word until it grew …
From Our Contributors: Malcolm Friend Shares a Plátano Purchasing Playlist
22.1 contributor Malcolm Friend shares a playlist to fill your earbuds on those lonely trips to the grocery store.
“Plátano Purchasing Theory” by Malcolm Friend
On the occasion of a Giant Eagle employee double-checking to make sureI rang the right item up at self-checkout Truth: Plátanos are the only produce item I know the PLU code for (4235). Lie: It’s my Caribbean pride. Truth: I just got tired of looking up plantain bananas every time I used self-checkout. Truth: I …
From Our Contributors: Short Film of “First Image of a Black Hole”
A short film using images of the first rendering of a black hole
From Our Contributors: “Love at First Fright: A Late-Night Watchlist”
A guide to the best Count Cool Rider had to offer in the Saturday Fright at the Movies series
From Our Contributors: Louise Ling Edwards on Learning Mandarin
Paintings and an essay from contributor Louise Ling Edwards on the Mandarin language and poetry
Accepting Entries to the Robert and Adele Schiff Awards!
Announcing our 2025 summer contest!
Interview with Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Sarah Fawn Montgomery discusses the use of point of view and choices about genre in her latest book, Abbreviate.