The Rage Letters – Valérie Bah
Even as they inject the stories with magical realism, the collection is grounded by an understanding of the systems of oppression that beget antiBlackness, fetishization, white supremacy, racial capitalism, etc. However, Bah is not defeatist. Black queer and trans people create new languages and new ways of being
The First Jasmines – Saima Begum
Without dedicated accounts of the voices and roles of women, national literary traditions are incomplete
The Wallet and Other Thefts – Kristen Gleason
Can a story be a theft?
Little Pink Book as Literary Fanfiction
Traditionally, Western concepts of originality in art are not equipped to consider whether creativity is possible under conditions of continual reproduction; it presupposes an authentic source of spontaneous genius.
Slow Guillotine – Teo Rivera-Dundas
We are drowning, choking, and sputtering on the saline logic of late capitalism: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.
The Home the Drowned – Elin Anna Labba
Since their words weren’t enough, the people of the village set up a protest camp
Letters to Kafka – Christina Estima
It’s a blaze of an affair, two intelligent people who deal with words
My Dreadful Body – Egana Djabbarova
For Djabbarova, the body functions as a palimpsest of symbols
In this era of autocorrect, Lewis’s characters speak in typos
The Sleeping Land – Ella Alexander
Alexander reminds us that the human experience is bound to a rich history, and not just a matter of individual experience.