By Lisa Low
You track the proliferation of white male/Asian female couples on the street, in your friend groups,…
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- By Omar MusaTime’s allegro.
Sulu Sea skitters in
like fire, fern-green rolling boil,
phytoplankton gobbling red & blue… - By Shlagha BorahWhen my grandfather was on his deathbed, he didn’t
move toward the light. At his feet, there were four… - By Shlagha BorahSay a scene is being set—unrest, uprising. Teargas, gunshots, fire, smoke. So much smoke. University…
- By Nur TurkmaniI remember that jasmine bush.
But I’d forgotten the yellow couch.
I can’t bear our small faces in the… - By Maria HiersAlana whips us
around the night
in her nineties jalopy.
On the rearview,
a rosary sways.
Our clique’s the… - By Michael BazzettLet’s put on our childhood clothes
and walk the secret streets.
Let’s remember that in Finland
they… - By Shara LessleyBelly to branch, the sapsucker drills
the maple’s well, drumming
the trunk, its red throat thrumming.
I… - By Lisa LowIt’s easy to conflate whiteness with having an easy life, so you sometimes mistake the tall white man…
- By Nay ThitWhen my turn came, my father dressed me meticulously like a piece of dried fish. We all bear the jagged…
- By Nay ThitBefore I was born, my mother says, there was another boy. My brother. One day, half-asleep during lunch…
- By Abner DormiendoTumawa ako nang sabihin ng kaibigan ko na ang kabaliktaran ng ‘laslas’ ay ‘salsal.’ Walang tumawa noong…
- By Abner DormiendoTranslated By Ethan ChuaI laughed when my friend told me ‘laslas’ backward is ‘salsal,’ cutting himself one way, touching himself…
- By Victoria ChangTwo swans turn into four swans. As if each swan yearned for time but time just multiplied into other…
- By Austin AllenKeyed up after a sleepless flight,
we stared at the Place de la Comédie:
the stone Graces glowing pink… - By Austin AllenEven weeks after you went, they came:
Frontgate, Fresh Finds, Hearthsong—the names blurring,
the smiling… - By Cate MarvinApparently, we are all lying here beside one
another in a darkened room around 2:00 am,
giddy as if… - By E. Ethelbert Millerhere
near the entrance to the subway
the underground
we stand in each other’s eyes
once lovers
now … - By E. Ethelbert Millerwe would take the train to brooklyn
leaving the bronx
down through harlem
out to prospect park
bergen… - By E. Ethelbert Millerour friendship
is what keeps us whole
love is essential as air
prayer contains desire
to worship is…