July 15, 2026

Letter to a Disabled Brown Transsexual with Endometriosis

by Zeyn Joukhadar

After dinner, when Baba goes to wash up, I tug on Mama’s sleeve. “When you go,” I say, “how will I know who I am?”

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July 7, 2026

Excerpt from THALASSA – Three Poems 

by leena aboutaleb

Love will reinvent you. I am made from all the people who love me. I know exactly who I am. Why do you still believe we are made out of images and not hearts? Are we all martyrs? My brother will take seven. Only God can dissolve me. Only God can judge me.

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July 2, 2026

Silver & Black Terrorists, Steve Kerr’s Dad, Green Wristbands & Aboutrika Piñatas

by Robert Farid Karimi

I understand. This is a self-identified Male story. I claim this because sports taught me how to be a Male within its context. I wanted so badly, as a young man, to become that Male: an American Boy. Think, Estelle.*

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