Kosisochukwu W. Ugwuede
A Traveling Pantry
By Kosisochukwu W. Ugwuede / Third Place, 2024 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / We are speeding toward Victoria Island—CJ, my driver and...
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OUR Works
Daniela Paraguya Sow
Romela, Romela
By Daniela Paraguya Sow / Poetry / Romela roams through Cebu City Library, sifting through shelves for me. Romela returns with the faded...
Jeddie Sophronius
Certificate of Citizenship
By Jeddie Sophronius / Poetry / My mother delivered me to this land, her ancestral tears washed me clean after my first cry. I am the son...
Melissa Ferrer Civil
A Love Letter to Whiteness
By Melissa Ferrer Civil / Nonfiction / “We talk about the black problem. It might be interesting to see what would happen to the page if...
Caio Major
Transition Philistine
By Caio Major / Nonfiction / Riding in the passenger seat of my first boyfriend’s truck, either shortly before or shortly after we made...
River 瑩瑩 Dandelion
Echoes of Diaspora
By River 瑩瑩 Dandelion / Third Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Poetry / 8:44PM, Meijia Wu the last tour bus pulls away grandmothers...
J.M. Amoroso
Pappa
By J.M. Amoroso / Fiction / I lose my soul in the mirror every day. I give it a year, maybe two if I’m lucky, before I face the dreaded...
Finley Williams
Conversations We Haven't Had
By Finley Williams / Nonfiction / I. Granny never talked about her late husband, my maternal grandfather. I know him mostly through a...
S. P. Venkat
What Happens When They Leave
By S. P. Venkat / Fiction / On the day of my wedding, I realized I didn't recognize my husband-to-be. He looked like a lazily picked...
Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka
Little Machines
By Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka / Fiction / You are on the couch sketching the Christmas tree when you hear the growl of your brother’s Ford...
Dominic Belmonte
Four Odd Years
By Dominic Belmonte / Nonfiction / 1. 1967: “Daddy?” I am thirteen years old, playing Pinners with my best friend Jose Martinez....
Kwan Siu Kan Gabriel
Oyayi / Lullaby
By Kwan Siu Kan Gabriel / Fiction / From her upstairs bedroom, Anastasia cries. It is 9 pm, well into the quiet hours. Her cries echo...
Jacquelyn Jordan
God's Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'
By Jacquelyn Jordan / Fiction / As a kid, I didn’t like to play with other kids my age. In fact I didn’t even like kids my age. They...
Jonathan Chan
the spectacular
By Jonathan Chan / Poetry / “I needed unerased paper, transparent faith. That’s how that day went for me.” - Shin Hae Uk, trans....
S.J. Pearce
Penelopiad
By S.J. Pearce / Poetry / Cast on fifteen stitches in tiny yarn: gauge-one needles, a millimeter thick, and knit yourself an amulet: a...
LaRita Dixon
Black Woman
By LaRita Dixon / Poetry / I remember the day I discovered that I was a black woman I had looked into mirrors all my life And I had seen...
Ber Anena
...and Laughter Will Replace Song
by Ber Anena / Nonfiction / My mother’s son is on his knees. In front of him sits a large millstone—its center slightly curved to keep...
Katy Van Sant
Blood in the Grove
by Katy Van Sant / Nonfiction / Have you or any member of your family been the victim of a crime? That was the first question. Five...
Aiko Fukuchi
It Is So Lovely
by Aiko Fukuchi / Nonfiction / For months, every time I’ve started my shift at this martini bar, my heartbeat devolved from steady and...
Chelsey K. Shannon
The Yellow Suitcase
by Chelsey K. Shannon / Fiction / Coco Bouldin wouldn’t cry about missing her train. Doing that would risk mussing her makeup and so...
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