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Chronicle of My Thirty-Eighth Year

I want to learn about the world by looking at birds

T. De Los Reyes and Jozie Furchgott Sourdiffe·Apr 14, 2026

John Wayne’s Jacket

"Krishauna didn't recognize this twin stranger anymore."

Stacie Shannon Denetsosie and Jozie Furchgott Sourdiffe·Apr 14, 2026

The Relay

A train carriage is transformed into an electric field of human interaction.

Marek Šindelka, Graeme Dibble, and Joshua Mensch·Apr 14, 2026

Boxing: Against the Games We Are Given

"As for the music of ghosts, it is a curse to die a stranger."

Alina Ştefănescu·Apr 14, 2026

After Activism: In Conversation with Mohammed Usrof & Tori Tsui

For young organizers failed by the institutional climate movement, is there anything worth saving? It seems the center of the negotiations may no longer be the COP but the flotilla — mobile, networked, and ever-multiplying, even as the institution recedes.

Russell Reed, Tori Tsui, and Mohammed Usrof·Apr 14, 2026

The April Issue

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Raaza Jamshed·Apr 15, 2026

Two Women and the Rain

sometimes it’s not the same old cold

Lindsay Rockwell·May 15, 2026

Salvage

After three years of this work, he still wasn’t used to the stench of death—maybe he never would be—but he’d learned to tolerate it.

Lauren Acampora and Taelor Worthington·May 15, 2026

But Won’t I Miss Me

Loved one day, discarded the next, I reflect in passing.

Tiffany Tsao and Faheem·May 15, 2026

The May Issue

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Raaza Jamshed·May 15, 2026

I Was Trying to Photograph a Feeling: Showkat Nanda on Buried Archives, Generational Memory, and Dreaming Against Forgetting in Kashmir

How do photographs carry the afterlives of violence? Threading together personal and collective histories, photographer Showkat Nanda reflects on documenting Kashmir not merely as a site of conflict, but as a lived world shaped by endurance and the struggle against forgetting.

Youmna M. Chamieh and Showkat Nanda·May 15, 2026

Canvases

If you bleed with me, it’ll hurt less.

Jeneé Skinner and Cliff Warner·May 15, 2026

Crow Language / Crow Testament / Crow Gospel

Black as what? Coal before fire, ink before alphabet, secrets hoarded in a madman's coat.

Arya Gopi and Nancy McKie·May 15, 2026

I am unsure if this poem has been properly executed) / I’m Karelian

hard to picture: nothingness

Ron Riekki and Jérémie Guiguen·May 15, 2026

when they tied us to the fence

and I never tied anyone to the fence

Ron Riekki and Mike Blackman·May 15, 2026

Cherry Coke and Chevron Lights

Midnights there were slow parades

Molly Thapviwat and Erik Hadife·May 15, 2026

Self-Portrait with Expired Green Card

for a second I am immortal —

Molly Thapviwat and Will Yackulic·May 15, 2026

Cupid’s Bow

I choose the man who bears my husband’s body.

Pingali Chaitanya, P. Samata, and Ayush Kejriwal·May 15, 2026

Snow

A short essay on quiet, weather, and what slowness asks of us.

Sohrab Hura·May 15, 2026·8 min read

Notes on Going Viral

On attention, exhaustion, and trying to stay yourself while the algorithm eats.

Isaac James Richards·May 15, 2026·13 min read