LiteratureGestures

Gestures

The Korean poet Mark Kyungsoo Bias shares his evocative work "Gestures" as the latest in our ongoing series of original poetry.

LiteratureBuildings by Alexandra Kleeman

Buildings

Our fiction editor contributes a haunting original work to our series of new short fiction.

LiteratureBryan Washington

A Place at the Table with Bryan Washington

The author discusses queer pleasure and trauma, Asian literary influences, and his novel 'Family Meal' with his close friend and our poetry editor Ocean Vuong.

LiteratureHayley Kiyoko

The Many Faces of Hayley Kiyoko

Having adapted her own hit song “Girls Like Girls” into a 'New York Times' bestselling novel, the actor, singer, director, and now author is a multidisciplinary icon to queer women around the world.

LiteratureEarth to Lydia

Earth to Lydia

The author shares a story of late capitalism, pheromones, and rehabilitation from ego deficiency from her recent collection 'Bad Thoughts.'

LiteratureOn Garbage poem

On Garbage

For our New York issue, the local poet Sally Wen Mao continues our series of original work with a musing on one of the city's most ubiquitous presences.

LiteratureHow We Love

How We Love

Laura Cresté's work brims with a mix of violence and attraction in the latest in our series of original poetry.

LiteratureTyree Daye

Mama's Poem

Tyree Daye contributes a work about maternal connection to our series of original poetry.

LiteratureNada Alic

Nada Alic Writes It Out

After years working as an e-commerce editorial director and strategist, the author takes the plunge into fiction with a book of eerie short stories and a novel on the way.

LiteratureFernando A. Flores short story

You Got It, Take It Away

A short story from Fernando A. Flores's début collection 'Valleyesque' is the next in our series of new fiction.

LiteratureOcean Vuong

Ocean Vuong Moves On

With the publication of his latest collection 'Time Is a Mother,' our poetry editor finds himself at a turning point in his creative growth, and ready for the next step.

LiteraturePernilla Winberg

A Place With Many Doors

A new work from the Kenyan author and founder of the literary magazine Lolwe inaugurates our series of original short fiction.

LiteratureJihyun Yun

Safe

Jihyun Yun's new poem is the latest in our series of original work appearing in every issue.

LiteratureAria Aber

Dante in Sardina

Our series of original poetry continues with a new work from Aria Aber.

LiteratureOcean Vuong

Sweet Jesus

An original poem by our poetry editor inaugurates our series of new work.

LiteratureAlexandra Kleeman

Alexandra Kleeman's Future Is Here Today

In her "pre-apocalyptic" new novel, the author explores a Los Angeles ravaged by wildfires, drought, and economic inequity that is closer to reality than she had planned.

LiteratureBrandon Taylor

Brandon Taylor Turns His "Science Brain" to Short Stories

After the success of his début novel 'Real Life,' the former biochemistry doctoral student returns with an electrifying collection of short stories about the bewildering experience of living life surrounded by others in 'Filthy Animals.'