Identity Theory
@identitytheory.bsky.social
Classic online lit mag (founded 2000). Interviews, fiction, CNF, micro, poetry, etc. We may or may not be edited by a corgi. Read us at identitytheory.com.
ICYMI here's a sweet micro from Jean Biegun from our summer issue: www.identitytheory.com/sweet-potato...
Sweet Potato Fries - Identity Theory
Did you remember to bring a piece of sky and a petaled flower?
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"There are moments when the gutters need cleaning and my dinner needs a protein and God’s presence feels as sure and unimportant as my cousin’s shitty boyfriend watching the Lakers in the living room."
Revolutionary Joy and Other Liberal Pieties by Claire Lee
My sister pays a witch from Etsy to cleanse her, and her house fills with fleas.
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"After her death, I found a set of polaroids in her papers. I was a girl. Young attracts old."
Girlishly by Molly Akin - Identity Theory
Girls are. Girls were.
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"I try to create space for myself to find rest for the body and freedom for the mind—two things mothers have no time for. Sitting down to write poems is a mental and physical embodiment of exactly this." An interview with Vic Nogay (Naming a Dying Thing) by Justin Aoba.
Interview: Vic Nogay on Naming a Dying Thing
Writing, for me, is defiance of all mothers must or should do. It is my intention to be and do less than is expected or demanded of me, and to be all the happier and healthier for it.
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Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
Re-opening: Identity Theory
Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/identity-theory-a-literary-magazine-905 #amwriting
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"He’s a man, a good poet, but today I’m tired of being told what I am by men and poets." New micro by Allison Field Bell.
We Are Not Reptiles - Identity Theory
He’s a man, a good poet, but today I’m tired of being told what I am by men and poets.
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"The small print hints of stars that fracture in the dark." -Mikki Aronoff, "Border Crossing"
Border Crossing - Identity Theory
The small print hints of stars that fracture in the dark.
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"Behind the glass, four mannequin heads sat on a shelf. They were bald and moon-pale, features smoothed by years of heat and neglect, but their eyes remained." Micro by Jennifer Fox from our summer issue.
The Witnesses by Jennifer Fox - Identity Theory
We cut school and rode over to the town everyone said was abandoned.
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This summer: We got older. We opened submissions. We published more micro. identitytheory.substack.com/p/identity-t...
Identity Theory Turns 26
"Just for kicks."
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Our first Substack of the year drops tomorrow. identitytheory.substack.com
Super Identity Theory Substack Party | Matt Borondy | Substack
Email fun from identitytheory.com (a literary publication). Click to read Super Identity Theory Substack Party, by Matt Borondy, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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"She’d gone too far. Nobody disses Anita Baker in my presence. That woman got me through two marriages and a miscarriage. There was no way I would let Laraine talk about her that way."
Laraine by Don J. Rath - Identity Theory
I hadn’t spoken to Laraine in over two years, not since I asked her if she wanted to go to an Anita Baker concert with me.
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General submissions re-open August 1st. Fiction, CNF, and hybrids will go through Submittable and will be free until we hit our cap. Poetry and micro will go through email only. (Note: Micro is currently open and in fact never closed, thanks to Vic Nogay's tireless efforts.)
Submission Guidelines - Identity Theory
Literary journal submission guidelines for Identity Theory. Our online magazine publishes interviews, fiction, essays, poetry, and more.
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If you’re waiting on an @identitytheory.bsky.social micro sub response, today’s the day! working by the pool and clearing the inbox 🫡
ICYMI, my micro, “In the Backyard, Aging,” appears in the summer micros issue of @identitytheory.bsky.social among 9 other gorgeous pieces ✨🐝✨ www.identitytheory.com/in-the-backy...
"Meteorite," a short poem featured in my microchapbook LOVE'S THE BURNING BOY (@fifthwheelpress.bsky.social pride series 2026), was first published & nominated for Best of the Net by @identitytheory.bsky.social
A little poem in the Solstice micro edition of Identity Theory. @identitytheory.bsky.social www.identitytheory.com/girlishly/
Girlishly by Molly Akin - Identity Theory
Girls are. Girls were.
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“…and I want to say, I have held on too tight…” Oh, this beauty by the wonderful @sabrinahicks.bsky.social in the excellent @identitytheory.bsky.social!❤️
Sabrina Hicks@sabrinahicks.bsky.social · last mo.Happy to have this little micro included in the micro issue of @identitytheory.bsky.social! Thank you @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social! www.identitytheory.com/bone-memory/
Thrilled to have a short strawberry poem in this issue with 9 other amazing pieces! www.identitytheory.com/if-things-do...
If Things Don’t Go Wrong Today - Identity Theory
Let’s pick strawberries
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Identity Theory@identitytheory.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur new micro issue is up! Ten little pieces. Have at 'em.
Milestone day for me to have this micro in @identitytheory.bsky.social a journal I adore. Many many thanks to editor @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for believing in it. www.identitytheory.com/in-the-backy...
In the Backyard, Aging - Identity Theory
The year is half over.
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