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Bending | The Spring 2024 Issue

We are thrilled to share our Spring 2024 issue, Bending, curated by Angie Cruz with drawings by Laylah Ali and writing by Victoria Chang, Caro De Robertis, Julian Delgado Lopera, Jaquira Díaz, Patricia Engel, Courtney Faye Taylor, Nimmi Gowrinathan, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Chinelo Okparanta, Shana L. Redmond, Lilliam Rivera, and Alejandro Varela.

Firelei Báez on Generosity and Freedom in Art

I met Firelei Báez at The Andy Warhol Museum for over an hour. She was…

Remedios: mediocrity is the space waiting to be filled by eccentricity

Artwork by Lucia Hierro. EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally published on January 31, 2017 but…

Who is a Mother-Writer Without Guilt & Rage?

Without realizing it, my brain has done a good job of blocking out my mom rage. These moments sweep me and other moms into something unrecognizable. I’m ashamed of the times I’ve let my own desires for creative fulfillment cloud what’s happening before me in real time, especially as it relates to my kids. But forgive me for saying this: I’m fighting for me. My therapist says she loves how I have a strong sense of self, and that I strive for it.

The Tarot Issue

The Tarot Issue features Chancletazo for Your Soul by Marlène Ramírez-Cancio, and is now available…

O. EL CHAVO

Where do you long to go? What do you hope to learn? Who do you need to become? Your journey has just begun.

She Doesn’t Want to be Called a Human

I must admit, I was incredibly selfish before I had my daughter. As many—too many…

Excerpt from Heliotrope
Image Credits: Isotta Cuccodoro
“how to run / out of our own flesh—”: A Review of Grace Shuyi Liew’s Careen

Writing about the musician Mitski, Jia Tolentino argues that, “there is a notion, informed by…

From The Proscenium: Preface

“After taking the typewriter to her bed, Valence takes apart the typewriter.”