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August 16, 2026 | Rejected Modern Love Essay

kidney disease made me toxic

Rachel Landau

Then, my ex decided that they had to move to New York to build community around doing shrooms, eating olives, and working for NYC Health

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August 14, 2026 | Poetry

Blue Jeans

Ginger Jones

He’s dreaming. I can touch him softly when he sleeps. I can watch his body heave and rest. We need this. 

apology for overdose at wedding photo

August 13, 2026 | Poetry

apology for overdose at wedding

Cole Shuherk

Vicodin is why I was smiling

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August 12, 2026 | Poetry

Two Poems

Suze Kay

Have the dream where everything is perfect; then wake up.

August 11, 2026 | Interview

Son of the Empire: Scott Laudati Chats About his New Poetry Collection 'Rainbow Road'

Interview by Jennifer Ostopovich

I quit writing all the time and then I get a job and I can pretend for about a year. But then the words have built up in my head, and I start to think, “Ok, I can be homeless and it won’t be that big of a deal because I can write in libraries 

 

August 10, 2026 | Poetry

He Let Me Lie

Iryna Somkina

I felt the snap. A fool outrunning the weather, only to find out I was still too much.

August 9, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Dear men who have touched my ass without asking

Eleanor Vigneault

I understand.

Really, I do. I've heard enough compliments to recognize the attraction I carry behind me. I can see why you needed to reach out and grab hold, like a mirage that might disappear as I

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