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  • Article
    By Constance Jaeggi

    This folio pairs my photographic portraits of US-based escaramuzas with commissioned poetry by the Mexican American poets ire’ne lara silva and Angelina Sáenz. 

    Four women in maroon and white traditional Mexican dresses and hats sit sidesaddle on horses. Two horses face the camera and two face away.
  • Article
    By Ammiel Alcalay, Emna Zghal & Khaled al-Hilli

    Important in ways we have yet to comprehend.

  • Poem

    poetry-magazineUntitled

    By Paura Rodríguez Leytón
    Together we’ll dust ourselves off, 
    lick the darkness together, 
    clench the silence
    with everyday omens…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineEarly Absence

    By Nasser Rabah
    Not enough time to learn how to play an instrument that
    sounds like your steps climbing the stairs at…
  • Poem
    By Nasser Rabah
    It just so happens that I gather emptiness in my shirt pocket
    and run like I have things to do or I’m…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineNocturnal Spirits

    By Nasser Rabah
    Discarded clothes come out at night,
    they roam around in cold rooms,
    wearing the words of their owners…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazineSin Título

    By Paura Rodríguez Leytón
    Juntos vamos limpiándonos el polvo.
    Juntos lamiendo la oscuridad,
    remachando el silencio
    con augurios cotidianos…
  • Poem

    poetry-magazinerain poem

    By Manny Loley
     rain passed through

     just now
     rain

     chxósh

    chxósh

     chxósh

     chxósh

     rain rained

    now
     rainbow
     stretches

    water   …
  • Poem

    poetry-magazinestar poem

    By Manny Loley
    night drapes
    stars emit light
    around the north star-fire
    stars journey
    in their wake
    stories extend…
  • Poem
    By Afrizal Malna
    Desember adalah penggaris yang lurus, lurus sekali,
    dan putus dalam kelurusannya. Putus yang
    tersembunyi…
  • Poem
    By Afrizal Malna
    December is a straight ruler, very straight,
    and broken in its straightness. A break
    hidden in its fracture…
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