While the magazine has closed, its living archive endures—open to all and preserving the many ideas, voices, and discoveries that deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.
A Tanzanian historian and poet conjures alternative engagements with Black African women who were marginalized by violent colonial histories and…
“Stop This Invader!”—The War on Spotted LanternfliesAn anthropologist reflects on the racist undertones of some U.S. efforts to eradicate the spotted lanternfly, an insect from Asia…
Erasure I and Erasure VIIn two erasure poems, a poet-anthropologist imagines alternative futures using text from the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar, through which the…
Tallahassee GhazalUsing an ancient Arabic poetic form, a poet-archaeologist from Florida cycles through feelings of entrapment growing up queer in the…
DebitageUsing an original poetic form, a poet chips away at a difficult history—becoming an agent of her own remaking and…
Emic/EticA poet-anthropologist offers an “anti-glossary” to contest ways of knowing in social science that objectify people(s) into categories. “Emic/Etic” is…
Heaven on Earth and Jesus Is PalestinianA poet calls readers to act in the face of interconnected violence, exploitation, and privilege. “Heaven on Earth” and “Jesus…
An Order for My Backpack and Three Stages of NowhereA poet moves through rituals of silence and erasure that permeate the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. “An…
Translation NotesA translator’s notes are refashioned into a poem calling for justice for Indigenous peoples in the Philippines displaced by a…
Poets Resist, Refuse, and Find a Way ThroughIn a themed collection, poets trace contours of power to critique colonialism, environmental destruction, and social violence while transforming the…
