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July 13, 2026 | Poetry

Two Poems

Lilly Merrill

Blue auras transmitted in a backroom, patched / by metal through our fingertips. The reality of my / posture in Polaroid, bloated figure at home in some / crowning, dispiriting frieze.

Two Poems photo
Solana, Solana  photo

July 12, 2026 | Rejected Modern Love Essay

Solana, Solana 

Allie Gahr

One day we were instructed to pair up for a meditation.  Our mats were side by side

Happy Birthday photo

July 10, 2026 | Poetry

Happy Birthday

Isabelle Newson

In a house, lungs are the window. Organs, vases on shelves in rooms. Visitors are light.

three poems from filmed media photo

July 9, 2026 | Poetry

three poems from filmed media

Z.H. Gill

they’re starting to appeal to women
who had written them off as lunatics.

July 8, 2026 | Fiction

The Guy Who Was Just Like Me

Gideon Leek

That night, I spent hours scrolling reels on Instagram. I stopped to watch a monkey on skis.

July 7, 2026 |

The Kevin Hart Roast & Other Poems

Elizabeth Ellen

The women and I had met in a 12 step program
So there were things we didn’t tell each other
And one of my things was
I’d written a comedy special years ago
In the heart of my alcoholism
Which is when, I guess,
You’re most likely to write
A comedy special

July 6, 2026 |

Corey

Oliver Land

I must have turned bright red as I watched him spin, dance and sing.

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub