Winter 2020

Poetry

The Body Becomes a Pool to Drink From–A Poem by Levi Cain

Three Poems–by Sequoia LeBreux

The Monarchs–Poems by Annette Hakiel

Learning to Cry–A Poem by Sidra

Fiction

Moving Water–by Alicia Cohn

The Hawk–by pavlos stavropoulos

Essays

Same Name–A Lyric Essay by Jessica Willingham

Podcast: Interview with Sydney Fowler–Author, Activist + Sensitivity Reader–by Courtney E. Morgan

Love Notes (Sort of) to Late Winter—Editorial by Courtney E. Morgan and Ansley Clark

The Hawk

by pavlos stavropoulos

TW: sexual assault, violence

We leave the park where we stopped to rest and eat. The temperature is dropping, and we need to move again. Freema is tense. “It’s too quiet. There’s something wrong.”

“It’s early afternoon, nobody will be back yet,” Lupe says.

“This is M-Sec, not the Core. There should be people around.”

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Podcast: Interview with Sydney Fowler–Author, Activist + Sensitivity Reader

Sydney Fowler Sensitivity Reader Podcast

Please enjoy our interview with Sydney Fowler, author, queer + trans activist, and sensitivity reader + consultant. We talk about sensitivity reading and the publishing industry, call-out culture, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and more.Continue Reading

Moving Water

Alicia Cohn Moving Water

by Alicia Cohn

TW: sexual assault

When your head pops out of the water, he is there, two lanes over and looking your direction.

You wheel around. Shoving away from the wall is pressurized with adrenaline. You shoot forward like a rocket.

Whoosh air out your nose. Turn your head. Grab some air. Raise arm behind you from the elbow. Slice through the water with your hand. Repeat.

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