(Edited by Kathryn Hummel) In the early 1980s, when I was in the last year of secondary school in Toruń, a historic city in northern Poland, I was asked to …
The Permit (Eran Asoulin)
(edited by Kathryn Hummel) We stopped at a car park on the Israeli side of the Kalandia checkpoint near Jerusalem, through which one must pass in order to enter Ramallah. …
Waiting for Divinity (Karen Bell)
(Edited by Kathryn Hummel) ‘Are you standing in the street? What’s that background noise?’ Prof. Iris, a friend and mentor who let me keep her after undergrad, called me from …
Changing the Map: On Rape Culture in Australia (Julianne Negri)
Edited by Kathryn Hummel ‘We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change.’ — Ursula Le Guin Predawn. I like …
The Smoke from Burning Bridges (Jennifer Compton)
(Edited by Kathryn Hummel) What did he do after he had pressed his ultimate Send at 1-49 am? Weep, pray, rant? Reach for a bottle? Rush into the street? Lie …
On Diaspora: A Short Essay (Ayokunle Falomo)
I didn’t know to dig deep into my own history until I heard Ariana, Loyce and Mwende talk about how deep the colonizers dug their hands into our soils. And …
Hiding within the Diaspora with a Sharky Pen Name
(CB Mako)
Edited by Ivy Alvarez When I first wrote fanfiction in 2013, then transitioned to nonfiction in 2016, I knew I would continue writing using a pen name. My grandfather had …
Tobruk to Labuan: the life and letters of Brigadier ‘Hugh’ Norman (Amanda Hickey)
As to the war souvenirs From Hugh to Ethel 7 November, 1943 Darling…If you must destroy the letters I suppose you must, but one day I thought we might write …
Within the Filipino Diasporic Cloud (Eileen R. Tabios)
From ‘PILIPINZ CLOUDYGENOUS’ (2018-2019): a Poetry and Visual Art Installation by Eileen R. Tabios You leave the land of your ancestors and your birth. In the 20th and 21st century, …
Normal, living, human beings (Kit Riley)
Edited by Amanda Tink Introduction We used to be held in bodies. Tiny electrical rhythms, the firing of nerves and neurons, contained us within the forms of our descendants. Most …