I CAN'T LET YOU GO
twelve years in school / and straight As for the most of it / i still haven’t worked out what i’m supposed to do when i lose you
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our literature
Triparna Poddar
- Aug 5
- 3 min
clean up on aisle 4
At sixteen, I’m sandwiched between two shelves in the east-most aisle of a convenience store
Vien Santiago
- Aug 5
- 4 min
conversations with the creek
It's the one time of year that I get to take a break from being the perfect son if such a thing even exists.
Triparna Poddar
- Jul 27
- 3 min
how to cross a bridge without burning it
A poem about wanting to make amends with someone yet not being able to.
Emma Wong
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Two Haibuns
Airily, you asked: “Do you think it’ll be hard coming back up?” and I replied yes, maybe, we’d see.
Hannah Govan
- Jul 24
- 2 min
I See Ghosts
"Apparently, it’s the first week of school. I stopped hearing the immediate shrill of a lunch bell, and haven’t for a long time."
Vien Santiago
- Jul 6
- 5 min
deng kanakung gamgam // Mis raíces // My Roots
For the longest time, I thought my story started in a hospital south of Chicago in 2006. In a way, I was correct.
Vien Santiago
- May 7
- 3 min
Advice Comes Seldomly, Love Showers Overwhelmingly
a look into two lives by Vien Santiago
Vien Santiago
- May 7
- 3 min
but will mine?
starring Vien Santiago in a conversation with himself (and incidentally, the rest of the young world).
Lilirose (Rose) Luo
- Apr 24
- 2 min
RE: Let's catch up!
I read a Richard Siken poem and didn’t think of you,
Lilirose (Rose) Luo
- Feb 1
- 5 min
VLOG OF THE THURSDAY IN WHICH YOU GET YOUR U.S. PASSPORT PHOTO TAKEN
"These days, your finsta is only a slideshow of half-blurry photos of the horizon. Telephone poles arching in dark swathes."
Triparna Poddar
- Nov 4, 2023
- 5 min
爱不释手 (can't tear myself away)
Every muscle in Mei's body knows that she’s meant for Hua, that she can’t live without her. She wants to love Hua, and do nothing but that.
Mithila Rohit Tambe
- Nov 4, 2023
- 2 min
In Memoriam
My father's childhood and now adulthood has always moved me to desperately question - how do we live with the ghosts of our own selves?
Samira Abbey
- Nov 3, 2023
- 7 min
mother's love
Hey, Ma, I kissed a girl. I know you said you’d be happiest at my wedding because you hope it’ll end up better than you and Papa did.
Emma Wong
- Nov 3, 2023
- 2 min
Summer Morning
The beauty of Chinese nature in the morning, the feeling of hope and renewal.
Triparna Poddar
- Nov 3, 2023
- 4 min
not good friends, not good enemies
Dear you, I don’t think I need to say your name. You know it’s you. You know it’s always been you. I’ve fallen for you again, isn’t it...
Mithila Rohit Tambe
- Nov 3, 2023
- 2 min
Vision in a Safeway Parking Lot
A response to 'Crying in H Mart' by Michelle Zauner
Mithila Rohit Tambe
- Nov 2, 2023
- 1 min
Warm Regards,
"I got COVID at a concert last week, and am still / recovering. / I inadvertently drank rotten milk last night."
Emily Dissanayake
- Oct 20, 2023
- 3 min
59th St.
"It was an escape from exhaustion, an opportunity for repose."
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