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Literature, Culture & Arts | Estd. 2022

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    The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

    1 December 2024

    Mary Buchanan — Excerpt: The only question left for you to consider now is what happens when Mickey shows his shadows—his deeper, fallible, more steeped-in-sin-human qualities—over what audiences have been conditioned to expect.

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  • Humour - Weekly Features

    ‘The Astronaut Missed the Moon,’ ‘After the Ghost of Relationships Past Told the Truth’ and ‘Vanishing Point’

    24 November 2024

    Mathieu Cailler — Excerpt: In his spacesuit, he fetched the morning paper and grabbed a Grand Slam at Denny’s.

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    Hell’s Kitchen

    24 November 2024

    Billie-Leigh Burns — Excerpt: Steve Irwin takes his place in the cafeteria line. I ask him what he’s doing down here.

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  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    Smells Like Home

    17 November 2024

    Parul Desai Shah — Excerpt: “A buyer said the house smelled. Like spices,” Nina stated with dramatic condemnation. This was a bullet wound to my family’s soul.

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  • Culture - Society - Weekly Features

    Satyanarayan Katha

    17 November 2024

    Jahnavi Gogoi — Excerpt: At one point in my childhood, I declare that I am an atheist. I do not believe in god. Everyone is horrified.

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Issue 4 (April 2025)

Murals, guest-edited by François Bereaud

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upcoming weekly features

Roger Chapman, Humour, June 15
Bhartrihari, translated by Louis Hunt, Translation, June 15

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, June 22
Bidisha Satpathy, Humour, June 22

Maureen Tai, Culture/Humour, June 29
Saraswati Nagpal, Humour, June 29

James Sennott and Alba Blanco, Humour, July 6
Amita Basu, Humour, July 6

Dustin Vann, Culture Essay, July 13
Mark McConville, Culture Essay / Music Review, July 13

Barnali Ray Shukla, Humour, July 20
Zoé Mahfouz, Humour, July 20

Elizabeth Barton, Humour, July 27
Chayanika Saikia, Photo Essay, July 27

Susnata Karmakar, Photo Essay, Aug 3
Panna Naik, translated by Rohee Dholakia, Translation, Aug 3

D.C. Nobes, Humour, Aug 10
Samiksha Ransom, Humour, Aug 10

Z. M. Asafzah, Culture/Music/Mythology/Review, Aug 17
Jer Hayes, Culture Essay, Aug 17

Kira Córdova, Culture/Humour, Aug 24
Jim Hohenbary, Culture/Science, Aug 24

Rafaela Kottou, Culture/Travel/Food, Aug 31
Raka Banerjee, Culture/Travel, Aug 31

Mary Buchanan Sellers, Culture, Sept 7
Cate LeBrun, Culture, Sept 7

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Sept 14
Marshall Moore, Culture/Travel, Sept 14

Sydney’s Guard, Culture/Music, Sept 21
Guinotte Wise, Culture/Craft, Sept 21

Rakhima Imanaliyeva, Travelogue, Sept 28
John Haymaker, Travelogue, Sept 28

Ayushi Kainthola, Culture, Oct 5
Shobha Ramani, Culture/Food, Oct 5

Jacelyn Yap, Photo Essay, Oct 12
Michael Smith, Travelogue/Photo Essay, Oct 12

Alice Moon, Humour, Oct 19
Sarp Sozdinler, Humour, Oct 19

Johnny Roach, Humour, Oct 26
Tim Frank, Humour, Oct 26

Sumitra Singam, Humour, Nov 2
Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya, Humour, Nov 2

Mojaffor Hossain, translated by Rituparna Mukherjee, Translation, Nov 9
Arpita Bhawal, Humour, Nov 9

Saeed Ibrahim, Culture/Travel, Nov 16
Michael Smith, Photo Essay / Travelogue, Nov 16

Sabyasachi Roy, Craft Essay, Nov 23
Kathleen Fullerton, Culture/Society, Nov 23

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