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The Lovers
A striking poem that interrogates the search for agency amidst the complexities of sex, violence, and masculinity. Through writer’s conferences where R&B folklore mingles with acts of cruelty, “Brother” reveals how struggles for power can catalyze our deepest vulnerabilities, unveiling all the hard lessons our mothers never taught us.
By Alina Moore
The Self
Brooklyn-based writer Lilura Chacez is pulling on our heartstrings in this poem exploring the loss of a mother. Chacez paints the softest images—from the garden growing nurse plants to a grandma plaiting hair—that rescue the speaker’s memories from time.
By Lilura Chacez
The Self
A striking poem that interrogates the search for agency amidst the complexities of sex, violence, and masculinity. Through writer’s conferences where R&B folklore mingles with acts of cruelty, “Brother” reveals how struggles for power can catalyze our deepest vulnerabilities, unveiling all the hard lessons our mothers never taught us.
By Martheaus Perkins
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Gndr
The SelfGndrBy Phaïssa Grenaëlle Verdilus “How do you identify”? I unhinge my mouth to answer but no sound comes out “How do you identify”? I identify as fire NO. Not like the fading flicker of a lighter But like a hell mouth where parents, strangers, and politicians...
Marbles
The SelfMarblesBy Mon Misir CW: Self-harm, purging Grace Martin, at eight years old, held the world record for filling her mouth with marbles. Only, her name wasn’t Grace Martin then. She was Kaysha Williams. Her parents wanted her to have a fierce knowledge of her...
Review: The Ghost of Leslie-Fucking-Feinberg + What Could’ve Been
The VillageReview: The Ghost of Leslie-Fucking-Feinberg +What Could've BeenBy Cheyenne Edwards It’s a dewy, drizzling night in Williamsburg, burdened by similar winds that brought Dorothy and Toto to Oz. Inside The Vino Theater, there’s a sea of queer and trans...
safe keeping
The Villagesafe keeping By Charlinda A. Banks Photo by Kendra Shiloh Russellplease, I mutter back, I am not in the business of building ghosts, and I think myself very little but a woman blurred by the shadows who care for me: first there is Adina, she holds my...
I Think I’m Going to Raise Hell: In the Depths of Texas with Denita Jones
The VillageI Think I’m Going to Raise Hell: In the Depths of Texas with Denita JonesBy Yumna ElhdariFrom "Against the Tide: Community Care in the Collapse of Empire" On a Tuesday in Neptune Beach, Florida, at a polling site, the air was thick with humidity. The...
TWA MÁK: Divinity in Dykehood
The SelfTWA MÁK: Divinity in DykehoodBy Sól GirardFrom "Beyond the Margin: An Exploration of Black Lesbian Identity" To be featured in Femme Dyke Zine 4: "Dyke Divine" I found them the way one might encounter a set of keys after tracking them in pressing loops. Right...
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