Titilayo Matiku — Excerpt: Doesn't Mango like rice? I have not seen any roach lately so he needs to eat whatever is available.
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‘In the Checkout Lane,’ ‘Shitstorm’ and ‘Hours Before the Inspector Comes to Approve Us for a Loan’
Ashley Kirkland — Excerpt: That’s what you get / for making out / in the grass.
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‘failure to turn,’ ‘roots,’ ‘cut flowers,’ ‘different windows’ and ‘couldn’t be bothered’
Nathaniel Calhoun — Excerpt: someone I loved / was allergic to mint / and I forgot that, once. / she is okay / but we are no longer close.
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Simple Sorrows: Poems by Manglesh Dabral
Nisarg Patel — Excerpt: The four poems translated here are perfect representations of Dabral’s poetics―in their language, their form, and the themes with which they engage.
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Sexual Imagery in Four Ottoman Desserts (or The Sweet, Sweet Objectification of Women)
Ecem Yucel — Excerpt: Tulumba (Kerhane Tatlısı), pump (or brothel dessert) — / deep fried batter, coated in thick, / saccharine syrup, resembling churros.