Artwork is focused on the ongoing Woman Life Freedom movement in Iran and the rise of a feminist revolution, suggesting sisterhood, solidarity and resistance. The color palette resembles Iran’s flag.
Editor’s Note
As the year comes to a close, our editorial board brings you some of the most impactful prose and poetry we’ve ever come across. We are also grateful to these three Iranian women who gave us the opportunity to interview them for this issue, and we urge you to read and listen to their vital voices. We wish all of you peace and justice as 2022 comes to a close. —Editor, Lindsay Sproul
Interviews
Naz Riahi by Briana Bhola
Tissa Hami by Gabriela Barre
Shahrzad Changalvaee by Diana Valenzuela
Fiction
“The Bridge Kids” by Brandon Haffner
“Love Is a Piano Dropped from a Fourth-Story Window” by Darina Sikmashvili
“Good Luck, Sweet Oriental Boy” by Wancy Young Cho
Poetry
“Resentful & Ready” by Adele Williams
“Headcase!” by Sarah Cavar
“Bitter” by Caroline Laganas
“After an Argument with my Mother” by Lilith Acadia
“The Children” by Mercedes Lawry
“Fell” & “Spectacle” by V. Batyko
“History” by Theodora Ziolkowski
“Minor League” by Chrisopher Shipman
“I try to track my thoughts but there’s only sensation” by Rachel Rabbit White
Nonfiction
“Blue Daniel” by Kyla Marshell
“Shadow Family” by Kirie Pedersen
“Murky Waters Rising” by Elizabeth Rogers
