This Year I Meant to Be An Elephant by Wendy Xu
“Do you / feel like a straight line? I worry about how / I don't” — Wendy Xu
“My heart and my flesh sing” by Sean Singer
“Finally I stood there / where no one has ever seen me.” — Sean Singer
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Live in Japan, 1966) by Robin Arble
“I love that I decided to live. I love that I decided to live.” — Robin Arble
Landless Acknowledgement by Nate Marshall
“i admit sometimes my homies talk about their families immigrating & i get jealous.” — Nate Marshall
Ogress by Lyn Li Che
“Sometimes, I hold my breath in the bath / and imagine myself beautiful” — Lyn Li Che
Astonishment by Wisława Szymborska
"Why on earth now, on Tuesday of all days, / and why on earth, pinned down by this star’s pin?" — Wisława Szymborska
Fast-Forward: Fat Fuck & Full of Grace by Omotara James
"You will remain unlovable / to those who cannot love you." — Omotara James
Poem Beginning with a Wrong Line by Grace Q. Song
“But people say the wrong things / at all the wrong places.” — Grace Q. Song
Like Lebanon by Farah Chamma
“I love you; four million in me / and fourteen more outside.” — Farah Chamma