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Rabbithole -- a hybrid by Adelie O. Condra
In my dream, my boyfriend, Joseph, was getting emotional and grieving his mom (who passed away four months ago) when I came out of my...
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- Nov 1, 2023
- 2 min
Back and forth -- hybrid by Medha Gadikere
I screamed at you to buy a plane ticket so I could be close to you. You screamed right back with the same vigor and rage, fueling the...
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- May 1, 2023
- 2 min
my ladder will lead me to the moon -- hybrid by Samaira Mohunta
a. it’s biting into a bitter piece of orange from the orange tree that you grew in your backyard with your little brother. it’s trying to...
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- Mar 5, 2023
- 2 min
The Dinning Room -- hybrid by Dominique
A plethora of light, family members groggily converse as they've been in the hospital for more hours than can be counted. But you're...
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- Feb 7, 2023
- 1 min
immigrant’s daughter -- hybrid by Teya Cooksey-Voytenko
i see you, i see the way you slump out of bed. the way you stick to the walls to creep past the guilt. the way you work, to make it worth...
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- Dec 31, 2022
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Evolved from Fish -- hybrid by Audrey Barria
Ocean waves paw at my naked body. The yellow sand under my back, under my limbs, gritty, and placed in my hair like flowers. On my inhale...
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- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
American Dirt -- hybrid by Amani Shroff
My mother wraps our American dream into nice folds and kisses the top like it’s a baby she’s nurtured, on the kitchen counter. My sister...
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- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
Portrait of a Woman as a Calligrapher -- hybrid by Tara Tulshyan
Try writing mother without the grip of a maobi between your thumbs, loosen the wrist until the ink spills into a pot of tea leaves. Seek...
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- Apr 30, 2022
- 4 min
My Generation -- Hybrid by Benjamin Epstein
My generation is quite prepared for the end of the world, thank you very much. My generation dyes our hair bright colors just to show...
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- Nov 20, 2021
- 1 min
Desert Murder -- hybrid by Lydia Bae
Beloved, I dreamt of watching pebbled crows devour your eyes today. Their moon-struck beaks made quick work of your wreckage, slitting...
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- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
once a dandelion seed flew into my hair -- hybrid by Eva Chen
once, a dandelion seed flew into my hair - the little pit suspended by parachute leaves - i grabbed the head of the flower and pinched it...
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- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
97% Woman -- hybrid by Halle Ewing
“women say they aren’t objects but pull shit like this?” muscles ripple under the skin of your thigh, like rocks dropped into running...
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- Apr 23, 2021
- 1 min
subtext -- hybrid by Lexi Lynn
: you think my hair is pretty? well let me tell you that my soul has been on fire since the day I finally saw the icy outlines of the...
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- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
Unmade -- hybrid by Zinnia Hansen
Unmade by prayer, It's my solemn duty to organize the stars into scriptures. The horizon curves under our touch, expanding, billowing...
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- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Pickpockets -- hybrid work by Sarah Graham
A mass of Satan’s peddlers gather in the tilting alleyways, their ragged clothes appearing those like the robes of little kings, their...
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- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
A thousand doors -- hybrid work by Sonya Drake
there was a time / when you had to bite your tongue / to stop yourself / from blurting out your love for me / my friends still ask about...
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- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
descent -- hybrid by Milla Slaughter
i. every day. every hour. every minute. every second. all dedicated to traversing cracked stone steps. over and over. there’s a...
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- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min
At Hyeon Chung Won National Cemetery - hybrid by Catherine Shim
Beneath the grounds of the national shrine, the black cowhide combat shoes are now obsolete and the sharpness of its tips are worn off by...
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- May 22, 2020
- 3 min
a conversation between what is alive, and what only pretends to be - hybrid by Anne Fu
I. i think there is a machine in my basement. it grinds with the thunder-roll of gears on gears, spits and flickers in binary love. if...
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- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
YOUR FREEDOM - hybrid by Maddie Botti
YOUR FREEDOM, when you finally find the means by which to claim it, feels like a song: a lone, tastefully cracked voice hovering over...
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