Alterity disrupts the status quo, renders the familiar strange, and insists on being in and of itself seen. […]
Poetry
Nadine Hitchiner is a German poet and author of Practising Ascending (Cathexis Northwest Press, 2023 ) and the […]
Nadine Hitchener — “Night Errands”
Melissa McKinstry holds an MFA from Pacific University. Her poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net […]
Melissa McKinstry — “Vilomah”
Ode to the sea The whitecaps didn’t tell us they would break onto our necks — Brecht A white […]
Jiaoyang Li (from China writing in English and Chinese)
How can history–that of ourselves, historical figures, words, or social concepts–inform us about how we conceive of “the […]
Alterity & History Curated & introduced by Wendy Chen
Colleen Abel is a multigenre writer and the editor-in-chief of Bluestem magazine. Her poetry and prose have appeared […]
Colleen Abel — “We are all bad mothers here” & ...
Dan Beachy-Quick is a poet, essayist, and translator. His work ranges from A Whaler’s Dictionary, a book-length literary […]
Bruce Bond & Dan Beachy-Quick — A Portfolio of Collaborative ...
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura is a Colombian-born writer, translator, and educator. Her honors include a Connecticut Office of the Arts […]
Luisa Caycedo-Kimura — “Lexical Meditation in Two Languages”
Arlene DeMaris is a freelance writer living in Avon, Connecticut. At present, she is working toward her MFA […]
Arlene DeMaris — “Anger” & “The Book of Questions”
Talvikki Ansel is the author of three poetry collections: My Shining Archipelago (Yale University Press), Jetty & other […]
Talvikki Ansel — A Portfolio of Poetry
Lawrence Di Stefano’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Columbia Journal, Salt Hill, RHINO, Southern Humanities Review, and Sugar House […]
Lawrence Di Stefano — “A Single Dream of Spring”
Katherine Hollander is a poet and historian. Her first book of poems, My German Dictionary, won the Anthony […]