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July 26, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Hurting Myself and Others

Maggie Koons

“Björk.”

“That explains it.”

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July 26, 2026 | The Cost of Living: Curated by Julia Laxer

A Trip to the Desert

BABY ANGELĀ 

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I waited for her to arrive. We planned to drive to the desert, camp in the shadow of sandstone boulders. On Monday her tire blew out. On Tuesday, she slept late, too late to set

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July 24, 2026 | Poetry

My Heart Is Taking the Turing Test

Holly Coleman

I’m sorry my body keeps becoming a metaphor. / I’m sorry I kissed every sign looking for the thing it signified. / I’m sorry I wanted proof.

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July 22, 2026 | Poetry

Three Poems

Cletus Crow

i don't own a time machine / so here i am gargling syrup / at waffle house at 2:13 a.m.

July 20, 2026 | Book Review

Walking Across America with Sean Thor Conroe

Emma Burger

In the years since my own trip, at 23, I’ve grown generally more wary of people. Have developed a much needed cynicism when it comes to random acts of generosity.

July 20, 2026 | Fiction, Nonfiction

Pure Protein

Iryna Somkina

I hadn’t written a line of prose in years. I was a corporate machine running on fumes, yet this girl in a G-string was playing the oracle.

July 19, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Your Therapist Calls You Codependent

Jade McGregor

Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder instructs you to maintain boundaries

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