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issue 11: HOMECOMING

​may 2021

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cover art by aleah dye, photo by jan tinneberg via unsplash

​meet our guest reader


Gaia Rajan’s work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in the Kenyon Review, Tinderbox Poetry, Muzzle Magazine, DIALOGIST, Split Lip Magazine, diode, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Moth Funerals, is out now from Glass Poetry Press, and she is a two-time National Student Poet semifinalist. You can find her online at gaiarajanwrites.com, or at @gaia_writes on Twitter. She’s so happy you’re here.

endless gratitude to gaia for curating these 14 gorgeous pieces of work!

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finally, before you dive in to issue 11, please visit this thread about the covid crisis in india to find out what's happening, why, and how you can help. whether it's through donations, petitioning your government to help, protesting vaccine patents, or simply raising awareness with retweets, every action does save lives.

here is a verified mutual aid network in india (with links to an updated document) that needs amplification. please boost this anywhere you can.

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now, if you're ready to come home, home is ready for you.
read on.
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– isaura ren, editor-in-chief, perhappened mag ♡


i. door / land


– poetry –
Ode to the boy who
stole my heart in Ohio

and keeps stealing it

​Stephanie Chang

– poetry –
why i buy
my corn in the

freezer aisle

​Isaac Pickell

– poetry –
Southbound
​Stephanie Niu

​– poetry –
Homecoming
​Gardner Dorton

– poetry –
Queer Love Story
​Adam Gianforcaro

– poetry –
[I live in a body whose name]
​Lane Fields

​– poetry –
Duplex (An Open Door
Will Not Break My Heart)

​Kanika Lawton


ii. window / sky


– poetry –
Falconry
​Catherine Ragsdale​

– poetry –
The Family Nature
​Isabel J Wallace

​– flash fiction –
Red Giant
​Justine Teu

​– hybrid prose –
THE DRAGON AND
THE POMEGRANATE

​Leanne Drapeau

​– poetry –
osmia avoseta
​Jonathan Rowe

​– poetry –
Peacock, Orange Tip,
Red Admiral, Holly Blue

​Becki Hawkes

– poetry –
Eve
​Alison Tan

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