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Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Blessing J. Christopher

Blessing J. Christopher is an MFA candidate at Virginia Tech. She has participated in writing workshops and residencies, including The FEMRITE African Women Writers Workshop in Sweden, The Wole Soyinka Foundation Cultural Exchange Program in Lebanon, and the Ebedi International Writers’ Residency. She was shortlisted for the Writivism Short Story Prize in 2017. Her short stories, essays, and interviews have appeared or are forthcoming in X-R-A-Y, The Rumpus, Salt Hill, JMWW, Jalada, Munyori, and other places.
Essay Gender

May You Live Long Enough to Become the Standard of Beauty

By Blessing J. Christopher June 2, 2021
“After the fall of man, Eden was taken away and we humans have to cover our nakedness in compliance with our punishment. “
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