‘My Cat Yugoslavia’ by Pajtim Statovci
For a reader looking for fiction that also serves as social criticism, My Cat Yugoslavia is both thought-provoking and emotionally resonant
‘Primahood: Magenta’ by Tyler Cohen
“Cohen tackles the innate struggles of parenthood, as well as the challenges of trying to raise a humanist child.”
‘Living a Feminist Life’ by Sara Ahmed
Living a Feminist Life is sectioned into three parts which cover, respectively, the path and necessity of becoming feminist, the challenges of diversity work, and the consequences of being deliberate in one’s feminism
A Poem by Brad Trumpfheller
This week, a poem by Brad Trumpfheller
‘Rough Patch’ by Nicole Markotic
Keira is bisexual, and she lets you know it even if she hasn’t told anyone else. She is 15 years old with a lot to figure out, including meticulously planning the moment to come out to her best friend.
‘Equality: What Do You Think About When You Think of Equality?’ Edited by Paul Alan Fahey
Is equality like obscenity?* You’ll
A Poem by James Cihlar
This week, a poem by James Cihlar
‘Kingdom Come: A Fantasia’ by Timothy Liu
The poems in Kingdom Come become progressively more luminous—even as they insist on their carnality
A Poem by Paige Lewis
This week, a poem by Paige Lewis
‘Babybel Wax Bodysuit’ by Eric Kostiuk Williams
All three stories in this collection deal with “peeling back the wax bodysuit” (an analogy to the wax covering of Babybel cheese), i.e. all the multiple layers we use to hide both our fears and our egos
