Diversity in publishing has come under intense scrutiny these past five years. The yawning difference between the number of white authors and authors of colour — as well as the …
HONEST TRUTHS AND SHADOW WORK: an interview with Holden Sheppard
Some writers plug away for years, if not decades, slowly building a body of work, maybe growing a readership, perhaps even gathering an accolade here and there. And then there’s …
Do My Boobs Look Big in This? (Liz Hall-Downs)
Edited by Kathryn Hummel Do my boobs look big in this? The truth is, my boobs always look big. Regardless of what I wear. I have big boobs. Bazoombas. They …
I Spoke the Secrets You Whispered to Your Digital Assistants (Ariadne Starling)
(Edited by Kathryn Hummel) It was either me or Benjamin Franklin who said that those who agree to the excessive permissions of the Facebook app in exchange for the opportunity …
Here and There (Jacob Parsons)
Edited by Kathryn Hummel ‘Will you permanently move to Sarajevo?’ my friend M asks me. It seems inevitable. It’s in Sarajevo that the most important aspects of my life play …
Lady Green Sleeves (Ewa Mazierska)
(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 …