Fiction by Sarah Rose Etter
In Sarah Rose Etter’s new novel, The Book of X, a young woman is born with a deformity that makes her question whether she is the monster that people think she is.
Words by Joshua Mehigan // Artwork by Kate Glasheen
Katherine Hollander’s “Der Tod” is a deceptively simple poem about how death woos us and lulls us. Enjoy the Close Read by poetry editor Joshua Mehigan.
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Essay by Angel Hogan // Artwork by Andrea Walls Etter
A DNA test sits in the living room of a multiracial adoptee. What would it mean to take the test? Whom might it harm? A reflection on family and identity by Angel Hogan.
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by Brian Leaf and Diana Lu
Two close cousins recount their ongoing journey together, from early experiences of “otherness” in immigrant families through road trips that have remade their conception of self and family.