issue 10
now accepting submissions: exophony
Exophony is commonly described as the practice of writing in a language other than your mother tongue. When we write in a language that we were not nurtured within, what do we say? What can we put into words, that we cannot in another language? Can we be more honest? More courageous? Or are we hiding? Obscuring ourselves more deeply?
If you write in multiple languages, how does your voice change from one to another and another and another? What languages do you have? What languages do you lack? Is language something we can ever possess? Does a mother tongue even exist?
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DIVE INTO OUR LAST ISSUE
issue 08: flux
Each piece in our latest issue is a story of change that captures its endless shades, shapes, and forms. In so many ways, this issue we’re sharing with you today is nothing short of a celebration of change, of liminal spaces, of uncertainty, of that queasy feeling at the bottom of your stomach.
As the world continues to twist and turn, as the tides continue to flow in erratic and heavy manners, our eighth issue works to offer you company. The world is big, at times solitary. The work in this issue reminds you that despite it all, you are never alone. Don’t be afraid. Dive in.
LIFE: ESSAYS FROM THE SOUL
Maitha AlSuwaidi writes a melancholic letter to her brother: “You’re funny when you try to be. And you’re caring when you want to be. I admire that about you. I also admire that you don’t try hard to impress our mother, and I think your nonchalance ironically impresses her.”