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"Loneliness is an unbroken line of migrants. If only they could find a place to rest." From “My Place In The Horizon” and other poems, by Jorge Galán, translated from Spanish by Alexandra Lytton Regalado. theoffingmag.com/translation/...
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"Strange, what little history The body can preserve" From the Archives: Read “Black Boy With Fists in Pockets” and “What The Body Remembers”,” a set of, Micro poems, by Julian Randall
“Two Tragicomic Sonnets: Special Delivery & Blaze Pizza Receipt,” From a Wit Tea humor piece by Erik Moyer theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/two-...
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"Spotlight on the table. His hotel room, later, glows white with the city." From “All seven,” a Micro poem by Jessica Dai theoffingmag.com/micro/all-se...
"I can’t stop thinking about who is silenced and who is doing the silencing, about who is and isn’t heard." From “The Widening Gyre,” an new Insight essay by Jennifer Kane theoffingmag.com/department/i...
This poem was written almost exactly a year ago at @kenyonreview.bsky.social's Writers Workshop under their ancient beech with poets Juan Camillo Garza and Maya Salameh (checkout MERMAID THEORY). You can find it in my new book BEAUTY TALK which comes out in October with @noemipress.bsky.social💜
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Read “Gentleness is Something New I Can Afford,” a poem by Asa Drake Visit our bio to read the full piece. #BeechTree #Nature #Ecology
“Of all of us, she was the most tied to the telescope. It had been her idea.” From “The Observer’s Cage,” a BOTE essay by Marguerite (Maggie) Sheffer, originally published on December 12th, 2023. theoffingmag.com/backoftheenv...
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“You and Obāchan have been living under the same roof for twenty-three years—she raised you while both of your parents worked.” From “To Ruminate, Begin Here,” an essay by Elica Sue. theoffingmag.com/essay/to-rum...
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“Awards season was coming. We all had plenty of watching to do.” From “Sluts,” a short story by Saskia Vogel, originally published on May 23rd, 2016. theoffingmag.com/fiction/arch...
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“She arrives on her due date, emerging from your womb camera-ready.” From “#That(baby)Girl,” new Wit Tea by Marina Koestler Ruben theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/that...
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“My mother’s death had punctured some hole in me that drained all my confidence and joy.” An excerpt from “False Prophet” a novel by Afsheen Farhadi. theoffingmag.com/fiction/exce...
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“The blue whale ate me in one gulp.” From “When Joan Jumped Into the Sea,” a Micro poem by Elle Nash, originally published on March 25th, 2015. theoffingmag.com/micro/archiv...
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“I wasn’t pedaling across town to Capitol Hill because some legislative type was too embarrassed to rent porn videos in person.” From “The National Gallery,” a short story by Stefen Styrsky, originally published on July 19th, 2016. theoffingmag.com/fiction/arch...
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“not dead but being embalmed; we were singing the whole / time – out of key, nonetheless, but singing” From “We Were Singing,” a poem by Robert Laidler. theoffingmag.com/poetry/we-we...
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“Time and geography decide what counts as abundance. But abundance was not where I came from.” From “The Gleaner's Daughter,” an Insight essay by Sophie Liu‑Othmer. theoffingmag.com/insight/the-...
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“I want to know if the language I’m using emotionally corresponds with the place I’m tying it to.” From an interview with Asa Drake, author of Maybe the Body, by Lucia LoTempio. theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...
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“To make room on that used, chipped baby blue end table by my couch like a heart—“ From “I wish I didn’t know after neonatal loss” and “The Truth Is…,” two Micros by Aly Walker, In Memoriam. theoffingmag.com/micro/i-wish...
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Hi friends, earlier this month my friend Aly died. Aly was someone I'd solicited to send to me @theoffingmag.bsky.social, and they passed before we could finalize things. I hope you read their Micros and share. One's an essay; the other's a poem. I love and miss them a lot. Today is their birthday.
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“The goal is subtle chaos. Like, I might faint, but I will do so in a coordinated set.” From “How to Dress for Your Urgent Care Visit,” a Wit Tea humor piece by Veronica Tucker. theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/how-...
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“She was so charming sometimes, she almost believed herself.” From “The Girl Gets Whatever She Wants,” a short story by T Clark, originally published on October 12th, 2015. theoffingmag.com/fiction/arch...
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“I was holding a page as if it were a feather, waiting for the next scene.” From “And if you call, Alice, Alice,” by Woo Dayoung, translated from Korean by Hannah Kim. theoffingmag.com/translation/...
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“belief calcifies bone-hard, bound to fracture.” From “Sedimentary,” a poem by Amy M. Alvarez. theoffingmag.com/poetry/sedim...
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“That the t-shirts and pantry spill over, unopened Oreos and sukang pinakurat.” From “Family Visit Privilege,” and “Right,” two Micro poems by Rob Macaisa Colgate. theoffingmag.com/micro/family...
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“here is a story I read when I was in college. In it, the gods and demons churned the cosmic ocean to extract the nectar of immortality.“ From “Halalala,” an essay by Ankur Parikh. theoffingmag.com/essay/halala...
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“To be strangely fascinating was no place to be at ten years old.” From “Ah, Yeah Beautiful Girls,” an Insight essay by Stacy Parker Le Melle, originally published on September 25th, 2020. theoffingmag.com/insight/arch...
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